Press Coverage
News & Media Coverage
KPFA Evening News Interview on Opposition to GMO Chestnut trees (Berkeley, CA 16 August 2025)
The Washington Post: The future of paper could come from gene-edited trees
Breaking Green Podcast: Failure of the GE American Chestnut with Anne Petermann and Dr. Donald Davis
Genetically Engineered Chestnut Loses Backers
Common Dreams: The Genetically Engineered Tree That Never Was
As Forests React to Climate Change, Can Genetically Modified Trees Stand in the Gap?
REDD-Monitor: Living Carbon is selling carbon offsets with no peer-reviewed science to back its claims.
American Bar Association: Will Genetically Engineered Chestnuts Be Roasting on an Open Fire of Litigation?
Radio:
KPFK FM – Los Angeles
SOJOURNER TRUTH SHOW “Earth Minute with Anne Petermann & Theresa Church”
Monoculture Tree Plantations (Sept. 24, 2020)
Wildfires & Genetically Engineered Trees (Sept. 16, 2020)
Chestnut Champions Resign Over GE Trees (April 19, 2019)
Biofuels, Carbon Offsets Are False Solutions for ‘Green’ Air Travel (April 3, 2018)
GE TREES WON’T SOLVE FORESTS’ HEALTH CRISIS(April 3, 2018)
GMO CHESTNUT A DANGER TO OUR FORESTS (Jan. 4, 2018)
CHILEAN PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY TAKING HEAT FOR WILDFIRES (Feb. 3, 2017)
CHILE – GE TREES, PLANTATIONS AND PINOCHET (April 12, 2017)
RAGING WILDFIRES IN PORTUGAL, EXOTIC PLANTATIONS TO BLAME (June 27, 2017)
EARTH WATCH: OLIVER MUNNION ON PORTUGAL WILDFIRES (June 30, 2017)
ANNE PETERMANN ON OVER QUARTER MILLION SIGNATURES AGAINST GE EUCALYPTUS (July 7, 2017)
SOJOURNER TRUTH SHOW “Earth Watch interview segment with guests provided by GJEP”
BJ McManama of Indigenous Environmental Network Discusses Opposition to GE Trees (Sept. 24, 2020)
Oliver Munnion on the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations (Sept. 17, 2020)
Anne Petermann on Stopping the Impacts of Industrial Tree Plantations in Brazil (April 17, 2019)
Earth Watch: BJ McManama of Indigenous Environmental Network on Upcoming Forest & Climate Convergence (March 23, 2019)
Christian Poirier of Amazon Watch on Deforestation Spikes in Brazil (November 30, 2018)
Rachel Smolker On Biofuels & Their Environmental Impact (November 9, 2018)
ARLEY DIAZ OF FANG COLLECTIVE ON ALLIANCE TO MOBILIZE THE RESISTANCE (April 20, 2018)
MILA DE MIER ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES IN FLORIDA (April 2, 2018)
CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT DR. JULIETTE ROONEY-VARGA DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH WOOD BIOENERGY (Jan. 26, 2018)
WORLD RAINFOREST MOVEMENT’S ELIZABETH DÍAZ ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES (March 24, 2017)
ANNE PETERMANN ON GE TREES AND PLANTATIONS IN CHILE (April 21, 2017)
FELIPE GREZ MORENO ON OPPOSING GE TREES IN CHILE (June 23, 2017)
Other Radio
WERU-FM – Bangor: RadioActive show with Meredith Francesco (Nov. 22, 2016)
Anne Petermann as guest on climate solutions, GE trees.
KWMR FM – Vermont: ‘Post Carbon Radio’ (Jan. 10, 2017)
Anne Petermann, Orin Langelle interview about genetically engineered trees.
WORT-FM Madison, WI: Is Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Coming To The U.S.? (June 29, 2017)
Anne Petermann interviewed about genetically engineered eucalyptus trees.
WORT-FM Madison, WI: Genetically Engineered Trees Opposed
Interview with Anne Petermann on GE Eucalyptus petition drive. (Aug. 30, 2017)
KPFA 94.1 FM-Berkeley, CA: Warming Oceans and Mega-Storms & the Fight Against GE Trees (Oct. 23, 2020)
Broadcast of press conference put on by Stop GE Trees about opposing the deregulation of genetically engineered American chestnut trees.
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