Jun 12, 2019 | Featured, Forests, GE American Chestnut, New and Extreme Technologies, No GE Trees News, Press Coverage, Social Media News
The GE American Chestnut – Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology? Independent Science News, 11 June 2019: by Rachel Smolker, Ph.D. (Biofuelwatch) and Anne Petermann (Global Justice Ecology Project) About a century ago the American...
Feb 14, 2017 | Featured, New and Extreme Technologies, Social Media News
Several of the new technologies mentioned in this report are being used in the genetic engineering of trees such as the American chestnut. This article from Independent Science News gives a thorough explanation of the potential dangers and unknowns that are leading to...
Jul 5, 2016 | GMOs, Social Media News
Originally published at Independent Science News By Jonathan Latham, PhD In late July, Greenpeace was denied entrance to a National Press Club Event in Washington, DC of 107 Nobel Laureates. The event was ostensibly organised by a scientific group calling itself...
Jun 30, 2016 | Featured, GMOs, Social Media News
By Jonathan Latham, PhD A letter from academics, non-profits and farmer groups indicts the lack of balance, perspective and independence among experts chosen to carry out a new taxpayer-funded National Academy study. The study will advise the federal government on how...