Mar 31, 2023 | Carbon Markets / Carbon Offsets, GE Trees, Press Coverage, REDD, Social Media News
REDD-Monitor: Living Carbon is selling carbon offsets generated from planting genetically engineered trees: A false solution combined with a techno-fix on top of another false solution Chris Lang’s March 18, 2023 article in REDD-Monitor is a great...
Mar 22, 2023 | Chile, Climate Justice & Human rights, False Solutions to Climate Change, Featured, Forest Protection, Indigenous rights, Press Coverage, Protests & Resistance, Social Documentary Photography, Social Media News
Groups Call for Day of Action Following 2023 Wildfires in Chile 22 March is World Water Day. From 22-25 March 2017, Global Justice Ecology Project, OLCA-Chile and member groups from the Campaign to STOP GE Trees toured the Bio Bio and Araucanía regions...
Mar 21, 2023 | False Solutions to Climate Change, GE Trees, GMOs, Press Coverage, Social Media News
The Wild American Chestnut Is On Its Way Back This article, written by Anne Petermann and Steve Taylor, originally appeared in the Spring 2023 edition of Heartwood community’s biannual newsletter Heartbeat. By Anne Petermann and Steve Taylor MAINE – On his land...
Feb 17, 2023 | Carbon Markets / Carbon Offsets, Forest Protection, GE Trees, GMOs, Press Coverage, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
New York Times: For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest Summary of Article: On Monday February 13, 2023, nearly 5,000 GE trees were planted in a U.S. Forest. The modified poplars, planted in Georgia on private land, were...
Feb 15, 2023 | False Solutions to Climate Change, GE Trees, GMOs, Indigenous rights, Press Coverage, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
Down To Earth: Are genetically-engineered trees really ‘the future’ This Down To Earth article examines the fierce debate over the promises and perils of genetic engineering heard at the recently concluded 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on...
Feb 8, 2023 | False Solutions to Climate Change, Forest Protection, GE Trees, GMOs, Press Coverage, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
Capital Press: GE chestnut trees susceptible to phytophthora root rot The Capital Press article mentioned below reviews two approaches to reviving the American Chestnut tree, hybridization and genetic engineering. It notes that genetic engineering is not a silver...
