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CRISPR and Other Emerging GE Technologies in Plants and Trees
CRISPR Resources From the Blog
Violating the Sacred: GMO Chestnuts for the Holidays?
By BJ McManama, Indigenous Environmental Network with Anne Petermann and Ruddy Turnstone, Global Justice Ecology Project “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose…” We don’t even have to provide the score for you to hear this song clearly in...
The Big Bad Fix: The Case Against Climate Geoengineering
Click here to view the report “The Big Bad Fix – The Case Against Climate Geoengineering,” a report released today by ETC Group, Biofuelwatch and Heinrich Böll Foundation, warns that geoengineering (the large-scale manipulation of the climate) is gaining...
US Military Revealed as Top Funder for Genetic Extinction Technology
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Over 1,200 emails released under open records requests reveal that the U.S. military is now the top funder and influencer behind a controversial genetic extinction technology known as “gene drives” – having pumped $100 million into the field. The...
‘Gene Drives’ Are Too Risky For Field Trials, Scientists Say
By CARL ZIMMER Originally Published on NYTimes.com In 2013, scientists discovered a new way to precisely edit genes — technology called Crispr that raised all sorts of enticing possibilities. Scientists wondered if it might be used to fix hereditary diseases,...
Gene Drives: The Scientific Case for a Complete and Perpetual Ban
Several of the new technologies mentioned in this report are being used in the genetic engineering of trees such as the American chestnut. This article from Independent Science News gives a thorough explanation of the potential dangers and unknowns that are leading to...
Victory! GE Mosquitoes Will Not Be Let Loose on Florida Community
Citizens/environment will not be impacted by novel experiment releasing millions of GE mosquitoes WASHINGTON— The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will not move forward with the controversial release of millions of genetically engineered (GE)...
160 Groups Call for Moratorium on New Genetic Extinction Technology at UN Convention
Global Justice Ecology Project co-signed on the letter related to this SynBioWatch release. CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium...
Organic Standards Will Exclude Next Generation of GMOs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organic Standards Board voted unanimously on Friday to update U.S. organic standards to exclude ingredients derived from next generation genetic engineering and gene editing. This recommendation to the US Department of Agriculture’s...
30 Environmental Leaders say ‘No!’ to Gene Drives in Conservation
Genetic “Extinction” Technology Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists and Environmental Advocates OAHU, HAWAI'I — As thousands of government representatives and conservationists convene in Oahu this week for the 2016 World Conservation...
Sweden Approves Field Trials of Gene Edited Poplars
Note: For a detailed list of articles and reports on the dangers and risks of CRISPR and other emerging GE technologies, please click here. Will We Soon Have Genetically Engineered Forests? Via Testbiotech: In China, the US and Sweden, new methods of genetic...
Do Researchers Have Their Heads in the Sand About Safety of Gene Editing?
Sharon Begley at StatNews.com reported on an American Society of Hematology’s workshop on genome-editing held last week in Washington, where researchers met to discuss the quickly advancing world of genome-editing. Although most members of the 150 person panel were...