Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Tree Called ‘Trojan Horse’ Aimed at Opening Door to Commercialize GE Trees Opponents accuse researchers of seeking USDA approval for "iconic" GE American chestnut trees to evade widespread opposition to genetic...
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Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown
Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/08/2018 Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown Long-term risks and threats of GE trees remain unanswered Joint Statement from: Global Justice...
GMO Chestnuts in Chestnut Ridge Park?
GMO Chestnuts in Chestnut Ridge Park? This Op-Ed, written by GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann was published in The Public, a local weekly paper in Buffalo, NY in response to articles in the Buffalo News extolling the virtues of using GE American chestnuts as...
WATCH: Risks, Concerns, and Potential Problems Regarding the Use of Biotechnology to Address Forest Health
WATCH: Risks, Concerns, and Potential Problems Regarding the Use of Biotechnology to Address Forest Health On March 27, GJEP's Anne Petermann and Ruddy Turnstone, as well as Rachel Smolker of Biofuelwatch, presented to the National Academy of Sciences in a webinar...
Press Release – Brazil: Militant Women Occupy Pulp Mill to Protest GE Trees, Tree Plantations
For Immediate Release 5 March 2018 More than One Thousand Women Take Over Suzano Pulp & Paper Mill to Protest Genetically Engineered Trees and Eucalyptus Plantations More than one thousand women from the Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST) took over a pulp mill...
Resource Page on Monoculture Tree Plantations: Videos, Photos & More
The Campaign to STOP GE Trees coordinated with the World Rainforest Movement to speak out against the social and ecological dangers associated with tree plantations. Join us and share the following stories and videos online to help spread this important message. ...
PBS: USDA Could Lift Restrictions on Genetically Engineered Trees
While the idiocy and racism surrounding the president and white supremacists in Charlottesville, NC dominates the news cycle, PBS Newshour has included the USDA's push to approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in this week's '5 Important Stories You Might...
Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees in the US
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous opposition to commercial deregulation of their genetically engineered...
New Zealand Removes Draft Clause Permitting GE Tree Rootstock Planting
Environmental Guidance in Forestry Standards Is Welcomed NEW ZEALAND - The National Environmental Standards - Plantation Forestry released this week gives both plantation businesses and communities clear guidelines on how to protect the environment, according to GE...
Washington Post: Environmentalists Urge USDA to Reject Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees
While the public anxiously awaits the USDA's final decision regarding the approval of the commercial release of ArborGen's highly controversial GE eucalyptus trees, even the high profile GE tree professor Steve Strauss has his doubts. In an article released by the...