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Victory! Environmental review to delay two engineered crops
Note: More stringent environmental review is no funeral pyre for genetically engineered (GE) crops. However, this news – in addition to another recent USDA decision delaying the deregulation p… more →
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Climate Connections: "GE Tree Deregulation Postponed"
wrote 1 week ago: Note: More stringent environmental review is no funeral pyre for genetically engineered (GE) crops. … more →
Victory! Environmental review to delay two engineered crops
wrote 1 week ago: Note: More stringent environmental review is no funeral pyre for genetically engineered (GE) crops. … more →
Synthetic biologists and conservationists open talks- Nature News
wrote 2 weeks ago: I ran across this while doing some other work… Here’s the link and below is an excerpt. … more →
Stunning new study shows Bt toxins are toxic to mouse blood
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Note: Bt, or Bacillus thuringiensis is also being engineered into some trees (especially pines) to m … more →
Fearing protestors, Tree Biotech Conference cancels field trip to industry site
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Note: Global Justice Ecology Project is excited to be working with Katuah Earth First!, Croatan Eart … more →
U.S. public overwhelmingly rejects genetically engineered trees
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wrote 3 weeks ago: April 30, 2013. Source: Global Justice Ecology Project By a majority of almost 99.99% to .01%, the U … more →
Audio: Stop the spread of GE trees in the South before it starts!
wrote 3 weeks ago: Note: Anne Petermann is Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology Project, which coordinates the … more →
GE Eucalyptus Petition by APHIS on Regulations.gov
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Some readers have written asking for more east coast stories.. I ran into this while looking for com … more →
Groups globally oppose plans to burn wood for electricity, citing impacts on forests, climate, communities
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Note: Join Global Justice Ecology Project, the Dogwood Alliance, Earth First! and the STOP Genetical … more →
Defend Native Forests, Resist GE Trees: May 26-June 1, Asheville, NC
wrote 3 weeks ago: Resist the Tree Biotechnology 2013 Conference May 26 – June 1 Asheville, NC Join Earth First!, … more →
KPFK Sojourner Truth Earth Minute: Dangerous and unlabeled GMO apples expected to hit supermarkets this year
wrote 4 weeks ago: Global Justice Ecology Project teams up with the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles f … more →
Say NO to Genetically-Engineered Eucalytpus
wrote 4 weeks ago: South Carolina-based biotech company ArborGen is requesting USDA/APHIS approval to freely use and di … more →
Cellulosic ethanol: A bio-fool's errand?
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wrote 1 month ago: Note: The push for cellulosic ethanol and other bio-based industrial feedstocks is driving land grab … more →
ArborGen’s “franken-trees” for bioenergy threaten Southern forests
wrote 1 month ago: By Dr. Rachel Smolker, April 3 2013 Mapuche woman protests outside of the Belgian Mission in Manhatt … more →
Thailand: Judge clears Department of Agriculture in GMO trials
wrote 1 month ago: Note: Maybe we can learn from this GM contamination tragedy and stop the release of genetically engi … more →
Biotech rider a threat to farmers and the environment
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wrote 1 month ago: By Doug Gurian-Sherman, March 25, 2013. Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Photo: USDA-NRCS PLANT … more →
Wood-based biofuel reaches a milestone
wrote 2 months ago: Note: Wood-based bioenergy is fueling a massive “green energy bomb” aimed at southern fo … more →
India: GE trees a threat to forests' diversity
wrote 2 months ago: Note: ArborGen is a joint initiative of International Paper, MeadWestvaco and Rubicon timber corpora … more →
Forest protection groups call on UN to take serious steps to halt deforestation on International Day of Forests
wrote 2 months ago: Note: Global Justice Ecology Project is a signatory to this letter, calling on the UN to take real s … more →
