Global Justice Ecology Project, Stop GE Trees in the Media

Recent news and media coverage for Global Justice Ecology Project and the Campaign to STOP GE Trees.

Press:

SP Global: Virginia governor advised to freeze permits for Atlantic Coast, Mountain Valley gas pipelines (Aug. 20, 2018)

Blue Virginia: Gov. Northam Dismisses Letter from His Environmental Justice Advisory Council Calling to Stay Pipeline Permits (Aug. 17, 2018)

The Hill Op-Ed: The Forests are in Crisis But Biotechnology is Not the Solution (March 28, 2018)

VTDigger.org: Global Justice Ecology Project and Bill McKibben to Co-Present Activist Award to Climate Justice Activists (Jan. 17, 2017)

Niagara Sierra Club: Why We Must Say NO to GMO Chestnuts (Feb. 2017) – Article by Anne Petermann

New Zealand: Minister’s Plan Threatens Economic Sabotage (March 10, 2017)

– GE Free NZ Release (GE Trees Steering Committee)

GLOBALJUSTICEECOLOGY.ORG: Quarter of a Million People Say ‘No’ To First Ever GE Forest Tree Proposed in US (July 6, 2017)

Press release on GJEP lead petition signed by over 250,000 people in 2017 urging the USDA to reject ArborGen’s GE eucalyptus tree.

• WashingtonPost.com: Environmentalists are urging the USDA to reject this genetically engineered eucalyptus tree
• RT.com: 250,000 Americans, 500 groups reject genetically-modified eucalyptus trees

• TheHill.org: Groups urge USDA not to approve genetically engineered eucalyptus trees

• ModernFarmer.com: Summer Food Policy Round-Up: Questlove, Sonny Perdue, GMO Moths, and More

• ConsumerAffairs.com: Forest industry wants to blanket the south with invasive, flammable tree species
• NaturalHealth365: USDA ignores risk to blanket the south with genetically engineered flammable tree species

• BendBulletin.com: Environmentalists are urging the USDA to reject a genetically engineered eucalyptus tree

• CommonDreams.org: Overwhelming Opposition to USDA Proposal to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

• CommonDreams.org: USDA Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of Genetically Engineered Trees

• Politico.com: Morning Agriculture: A daily briefing on agriculture and food policy

• Center For Food Safety: Overwhelming Opposition to USDA Proposal to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

• YubaNet.com: Overwhelming Opposition to USDA Proposal to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

• GreyAreaNews.com: Opposition to USDA Proposal to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

• TargetedNews.com: Overwhelming Opposition to USDA Proposal to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

• Entornointeligente.com: 250,000 Americans, 500 groups reject genetically-modified eucalyptus trees

• EnvironmentGuru.com: A Quarter of a Million People Say NO to First-Ever GE Forest Tree

• RINF.com: 250,000 Americans, 500 Groups Reject Genetically-Modified Eucalyptus Trees

• Care2.com: Statement: Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees in US

• GEFreeNZ.org: USA Public Slam NZ Biotech Company

• Biofuelwatch.org.uk: US Dept. of Agriculture Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees

• RobinsPost.com: Consumer News: Forest industry wants to blanket the south with invasive, flammable tree species

• Voxy.co.nz: USA public slam NZ biotech company’s GE trees

• Newsline: 250,000 Americans, 500 groups reject genetically-modified eucalyptus trees

See our full list of press releases here. 

Radio:

EAR TO THE PAVEMENT PODCAST: GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann interviewed about false climate solutions

KPFK FM – Los Angeles

SOJOURNER TRUTH SHOW “Earth Minute with Anne Petermann”

• WORLDWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST MURDER OF MORE THAN 313 COLUMBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (July 27, 2018)
• ANNE PETERMANN ON GUTTING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (July 20, 2018)
• BIOFUELS, CARBON OFFSETS ARE FALSE SOLUTIONS FOR ‘GREEN’ AIR TRAVEL (June 14, 2018)
• DAVID BUCKEL’S SELF-IMMOLATION IN FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE (April 27, 2018)
• GE TREES WON’T SOLVE FORESTS’ HEALTH CRISIS (April 3, 2018)
• REMEMBERING BERTA CACERES, JUDI BARI ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (March 8, 2018)
• PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EXPAND OFFSHORE DRILLING (Jan. 19, 2018)
• CLIMATE CHANGE’S ROLE IN IRAN PROTESTS(Jan. 12, 2018)
• GMO CHESTNUT A DANGER TO OUR FORESTS (Jan. 4, 2018)

• CHILEAN PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY TAKING HEAT FOR WILDFIRES (Feb. 3, 2017)
• BERTA CÁCERES, ONE YEAR LATER (March 8, 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)

KPFK FM – Los Angeles

SOJOURNER TRUTH SHOW “Earth Watch interview segment with guests provided by GJEP”

• LEADING ACTIVISTS ON ‘SOLIDARITY TO SOLUTIONS’ EVENTS, CLIMATE JUSTICE (Sept. 7, 2018)
• NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST CORINE FAIRBANKS ON RACISM, COLONIALISM AND CLIMATE (July 20, 2018)
• LISTEN: PASTOR PAUL ON BATTLE AGAINST PIPELINE, COMPRESSOR PROJECTS IN VIRGINIA (June 29, 218)
• DUCKY SLOWCODE ON THE FIGHT TO STOP TOXIC PRISONS (June 21, 2018)
• STUDENT TALKS POLITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS IN NICARAGUA (May 4, 2018)
• ARLEY DIAZ OF FANG COLLECTIVE ON ALLIANCE TO MOBILIZE THE RESISTANCE(April 20, 2018)
• TAKING THE FIGHT TO FRACKING, DRILLING NEAR COLORADO’S GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK (April 13, 2018)
• MILA DE MIER ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES IN FLORIDA (April 2, 2018)
• MALINDA HARNISH CLATTERBUCK OF LANCASTER AGAINST PIPELINES (March 20, 2018)
• CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT DR. JULIETTE ROONEY-VARGA DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH WOOD BIOENERGY (Jan. 26, 2018)
• ACTIVIST, HIP HOP ARTIST ALAS ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN MEDICAL INDUSTRY (Jan. 19, 2018)

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)

Television

CC-TV 17 Vermont: Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle presented the Ed Everts Activist Award Ceremony to Rising Tide Vermont (Jan. 19, 2017)