New Earth Watch: Why the USDA Must Reject Release of GE Trees in Wild Forests GE Trees Campaign Coordinator Anne Petermann was interviewed for an hour special on the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Los Angeles, syndicated to millions of listeners across the country. She...
Click to submit your own comments regarding the USDA's draft decision to permit the un-monitored release of genetically engineered chestnut trees into wild forests "The Canadian Chestnut Council wishes to express its opposition to the release of the Darling 58 [GE...
Note: tell the USDA genetically engineered trees are a bad idea and must not be released into the wild with the intention of spreading freely. Deadline extended to 1/26/23 Comment at: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/APHIS-2020-0030-8291 The wild American...
GE trees – touted as a high-tech fix for ecosystem and climate woes – are poised to create a treadmill of profitable problems 30 November 2022 Source: Watershed Sentinel by Lucy Sharratt The promise of a simple technological fix is compelling. Whether it is world...
That new chestnut? USDA wants to allow the release of GE trees into wild By Environmental Historian Dr. Donald Davis https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3747170-that-new-chestnut-usda-plans-to-allow-the-release-of-ge-trees-into-wild-forests/ The USDA is...
Note: for more on the public comment period regarding the USDA's recommendation to approve release of GE trees into wild forests, or for information on submitting comments, please visit https://stopgetrees.org/stop-ge-trees/ For Immediate Release 11/17/2022 ...
USDA’s Genetically Engineered Tree Public Comment Period Launched! Deadline 26 January 2023 YOU helped us get the comment period extended! We now have the opportunity to submit comments until 26 January 2023! Thank you and if you haven't submitted your comments yet...
129 environmental and social justice groups from 34 countries, including 10 FSC members, are calling on FSC to continue prohibiting the use of genetically engineered trees and to refrain from engaging with field experiments. Click here for the full list of...
Trading in Forest Stewardship? 10 October 2022 Source: Counterpunch by Lucy Sharratt Forest Stewardship Council prepares to facilitate the global release of GE trees The release of genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) trees is closer than it has ever...
More than 90 environmental and social justice groups from 28 countries are calling on the Fores Stewardship Council to continue prohibiting the use of genetically engineered trees and to refrain from engaging with field experiments. Please see the full list of...