UN CBD Fails to Protect Forests from GE Trees
Press Release from Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees Campaign: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 MAY 2008 UN CBD Fails to Protect Forests from Genetically Engineered Trees Bonn,...
View ArticleUnder Pressure USDA Forced to Reexamine GE Eucalyptus Permitting
Groups Force USDA to Re-release Draft Environmental Assessment on Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees for Southern U.S. Forests: Original Assessment Lacked Key U.S. Forest Service Hydrological...
View ArticleRed Flags Raised About Potential Risks of Proposed Large-Scale Release of...
Washington, DC While the U.S. Supreme Court hears its first-ever case involving a genetically modified organism, alarms are sounding over the proposed planting of more than a quarter of a million...
View ArticleUSDA Approves Release of GMO Trees in the South
U.S. Department of Agriculture Approves Release of GE Trees USDA Approves ArborGen’s Request to Plant 260,000 Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees Across U.S. South Yesterday the USDA’s Animal Plant...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed to Stop Release of GE Eucalyptus in the South
For Immediate Release, July 1, 2010 Lawsuit Filed to Halt Release of Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees Across the American South FORT PIERCE, Fla.— An alliance of conservation organizations today...
View ArticleShake Up at ArborGen
Last week on March 14, ArborGen, a leader in genetically engineered tree research and development, experienced a major shake up when its Board announced “new leadership changes at its senior executive...
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New Company “EcoGen” Threatens Southern Forests and Climate
Progress Energy and Florida Power Embrace EcoGen’s Plans to Generate Electricity from Non-native Eucalyptus Plantations in the Southern US Non-native eucalyptus plantations threaten Southern ecosystems...
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Tell the USDA NO WAY on Genetically Engineered Trees
Imagine a future where our forests resemble a Sci-Fi horror movie – a harsh landscape empty of biological diversity, overgrown with frankentrees planted only to produce resources for a polluting energy...
View ArticleOutrage Over US Secret Approval of GE Trees
Groups from around the world today joined together to denounce the US government for allowing the first genetically engineered tree, a loblolly pine, to be legalized with no government or public...
View ArticleUS Greenlights First GE Forest Tree for Commercialization
The unnatural engineered traits of these GE trees would lead to unknown and potentially destructive impacts on soils, fungi, insects, wildlife, songbirds, and public health. Help us say no more to this...
View ArticleGroups Launch Tour Opposing Genetically Engineered Trees in the South
As part of “GE Trees Fall,” activists from across the United States are converging on two key regions involved in the genetic engineering of trees this fall, the US Southeast and the Pacific Northwest....
View ArticleCrosspost: Statement from the Action Against ArborGen
On September 25, 2015, activists from the Stop GE Trees Campaign held a demonstration and action at ArborGen's global headquarters in South Carolina. ArborGen is attempting to genetically engineer...
View ArticleArt! Our Feathered #ForestFriday Friend!
We have had some marvelous #ForestFriday guests so far, but Art is our very first Feathered Forest Friday Friend! We took a trip to the WNC Nature Center to visit this fine fellow. The post Art! Our...
View ArticleRelease: Public Comment Period Closes on Genetically Engineered Chestnut
Groups Across North America Oppose Release of Genetically Engineered Trees New York – On Oct. 19th the initial public comment period by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the...
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