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We're down to the wire! GE tree protests are coming soon!
Dear Friends, We're coming down to the wire--less than 2 weeks until we confront the genetically engineered (GE) tree industry at their international conference in Asheville, NC later this month. We're sending down our whole team and working with some great activists from around the Southeast.
Many ArborGen executives have come from which nefarious biotech company?
ArborGen wants to rise to the top of the forest biotech industry, so they have stacked their corporate team with veterans of the industry. ArborGen, which is expanding its global operations, especially in Brazil, wants to own the genes in tree plantations worldwide. This has profound
Stop ArborGen from selling genetically engineered eucalyptus trees!
Genetically engineered trees (GE trees) pose an unprecedented threat to US forests. GE tree company ArborGen has a request pending with the USDA to legalize the sale of millions of GE eucalyptus trees. These trees would be sold for pulp and biofuel plantations across Texas, Florida, Georgia,
Why is this campaign important to you?
The GMO trees doesn't seem to be a petition...?
Hi Jill, If you go to this link: http://www.causes.com/actions/1738871-action-alert-usda-opens-public-comment-on-ge-eucalyptus you have the option of signing our petition or sending your own comments to the USDA.
I enrole because people like you and me definitely change the world.
Because we need to stop fetishizing these high-tech false solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss, and start looking at the root causes. In the United States, we especially need to drastically reduce our energy and resource consumption.
Because genetically engineered trees are an absolute stupid idea devised by people to make money while destroying ecosystems and putting human and non-human life in more jeopardy.
I cannot sign, don't know how; computer unsavy?
Trees are being genetically altered to grow faster, yield better wood and even detect biological attacks. Proponents of genetically engineered trees say biotechnology can help reverse deforestation while satisfying demand for wood and paper products. For example, Australian eucalyptus trees have been altered to withstand freezing temperatures, and loblolly pines have been created with less lignin, the substance that gives trees their rigidity. In 2003, the Pentagon even awarded Colorado...
…Trees are being genetically altered to grow faster, yield better wood and even detect biological attacks. Proponents of genetically engineered trees say biotechnology can help reverse deforestation while satisfying demand for wood and paper products. For example, Australian eucalyptus trees have been altered to withstand freezing temperatures, and loblolly pines have been created with less lignin, the substance that gives trees their rigidity. In 2003, the Pentagon even awarded Colorado State researchers $500,000 to develop pine trees that change color when exposed to biological or chemical attack.
However, critics argue that not enough is known about designer trees’ effect on their natural surroundings — they could spread their genes to natural trees or increase wildfire risk, among other drawbacks. Still, the USDA in June gave approval for ArborGen, a biotechnology company, to begin field trials for 250,000 trees in seven southern states.