BREAKING: European Court Places Gene Editing Technique Under GMO Law This ruling could result in the declaration of gene edited trees or seeds imported into Europe as GMOs. - Campaign to STOP GE Trees The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today published...
NEPA UNDER ATTACK! TELL TRUMP ‘HANDS OFF NAT’L ENV LAW’ BEFORE AUG. 20 Note: Thanks to a major effort by eco and other groups in the US (including GJEP), the period for commenting on the government’s attempt to gut one of the country’s strongest remaining...
TOP CLIMATE SCIENTIST JOINS COALITION IN CALLING FOR AN END TO CLEARCUTS AND TIMBER PLANTATIONS One of the world’s leading climate scientists joined a coalition of 18 conservation, scientific, and community organizations calling on Oregon’s new Carbon Policy Office...
Chile: Mega Forest Fires, Corporate Crime and Impunity Tree plantation companies have enormous power and impunity in Chile. The fires of 2017 demonstrated the collusion between these companies and public officials to prevent investigations and criminalize the...
Renewable Energy Subsidy Rule Changes Rule Out Inefficient Biomass Combined Heat and Power Projects Biofuelwatch is part of the Campaign to Stop GE Trees Planning Committee New rule changes, published yesterday, to conditions for Contracts for Difference for...
Drax’s biomass carbon capture announcement exposes fallacy of supposed climate fix, campaigners say The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch [1] slams Drax Power Station’s announcement of a pilot carbon capture project at one of its biomass units in Yorkshire [2]...
Despite failed attempts to genetically engineer trees to "glow", researchers in Denmark continue to work to isolate the genes of glowing microalgae and insert them into trees to create "natural streetlights", according to Fast Company. From the Fast Company piece: If...
The MST has publicly denounced and taken action against GE trees. In solidarity, we are sharing their message. Brazil is experiencing a deep economic, political, social and environmental crisis as a result of the international crisis of capitalism and the...
Half of Wood Pellet Plants in U.S. Violate Pollution Limits or Fail to Install Required Emissions Control Equipment Washington, D.C. – A booming new industry that cuts down forests in the Southern United States to generate electricity in Europe, under the false...
Young Plantation Forests Linked to High Wildfire Severity Risk Via Oregon State University Phys.org Wildfires show no respect for property lines, but a new analysis of the 2013 Douglas Complex fire in southwestern Oregon concludes that young plantation forests...