Note: The assertion that the American chestnut could be restored using GE technologies is not at all certain. Tests have only been run for 12 or so years, while AC trees can live for over 200 years. … [Read more...]
KPFK Earth Minute on Chestnut Advocates Resigning Over GE Trees
Earth Minute 4/17/19, Sojourner Truth show, KPFK Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles Anne Petermann, Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project, discusses the decision by two Board members of the … [Read more...]
Chestnut champions quit to protest genetic engineering
By Elaine Thompson Worcester Telegram & Gazette 28 March 2019 SPENCER – The president and a board member of the local chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation announced they are resigning to … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Fight Against GE Eucalyptus in US Gets Major Media Coverage
Major news outlets are reporting on the news that over 250,000 signatures have been collected telling the USDA to not approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees. RT.com interviewed Campaign to … [Read more...]
GE Tree Company ArborGen Found Guilty of Defrauding Workers, Fined $53.5M
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York (8 January 2016) – Biotech firm ArborGen, a leader in the research and development of genetically engineered trees (GE trees), has been fined $53.5 million in … [Read more...]
GE Trees researchers look to solve corporate problems, not climate problems
GE Tree researchers claim that their work is being "strangled" by red tape due to the efforts of environmental campaigners, according to an article by Matt McGrath published by the BBC. The quoted … [Read more...]
