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Newsletter September 2020
We hope that you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well at this difficult time and that you have had a good summer. As we look forward to the start of autumn, we have some exciting campaign updates and upcoming events to share with you. Click here to sign up to...
Biofuelwatch Newsletter March 2020
Dear Biofuelwatch Supporters Welcome to our first newsletter of 2020 full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is...
Geoengineering Gets Big Push In Deceptive Climate Bill Introduced In California State Legislature
By Gary Graham Hughes, California Policy Monitor, Biofuelwatch, March 2020 In a surreptitious yet aggressive effort to promote unproven and risky climate geoengineering, California state legislators have recently introduced a bill that places extensive emphasis on the...
NOT A CONFERENCE! A CALL TO ACTION! October 11-14, 2019 Shawnee National Forest (U.S)
We are pleased to sponsor: The 2019 North American Forest & Climate Movement Convergence Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois (U.S.) October 11 through October 14 2019– culminating on Indigenous Peoples’ Day To join us register here “This...
Joint Report about Genetically Engineered American Chestnut trees
Biotechnology for Forest Health? The Test Case of the Genetically Engineered American Chestnut Report by the Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees, Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) and Biofuelwatch, written by Rachel Smolker and...
Biofuelwatch report: Dead End Road – The False Promise of Cellulosic Biofuels
Biofuelwatch has published its new in-depth report about cellulosic biofuels, with an in-depth look at each of the commercial-scale facilities worldwide claimed to have been commissioned or operational since 2010. Click here to download the full report (4 MB) Click...
Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown
Joint statement and press release: Claims of Successful Genetically Engineered Tree Sterility Overblown Long-term risks and threats of GE trees remain unanswered Joint Statement by Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rural Coalition,...
GE Trees: Presentation to the National Academy of Sciences
Forests in Crisis - but Biotechnology is not the Solution On 27th March 2018, members of Biofuelwatch and Global Justice Ecology presented evidence to the National Academies of Sciences via a webinar about the impacts and dangers of genetically engineered...
US Dept. of Agriculture Receives Near Unanimous Public Rejection of GE Trees
Statement from Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project and Indigenous Environmental Network 19 July 2017 New York (US)–New Zealand-owned tree biotechnology company ArborGen faces near unanimous opposition to commercial deregulation of their...
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Future GE Chestnuts: Ho Ho NO!
The nightmare before Christmas: Future GE Chestnuts: Ho Ho NO!, Press release by Global Justice Ecology Project, Indigenous Environment Network and Biofuelwatch, Stop GE Trees Coalition New York (15 December 2015)– In the midst of the holiday season, while thoughts...
Outrage Over US Secret Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees
The International Campaign to STOP GE Trees, Dogwood Alliance & Biofuelwatch Groups Condemn US for Bowing to Industry, Ignoring Widespread Public Opposition New York (29 Jan 2015 ) Groups from around the world [1] today joined together to denounce the US...
GE Trees: Columbus Day and the Colonization of Land, Trees and Genes
Huffington Post article by Rachel Smolker I spent the past several days participating in the Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to Stop GE Trees Action Camp in the Qualla Boundary, homelands of the Eastern Band Cherokee in North Carolina. Participants included...
On Columbus Day, Native Peoples condemn GE trees as another form of colonization
Indigenous Environmental Network Campaign to STOP GE Trees Press Release: 13 October 2014 Indigenous Peoples Unite to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees GE Trees: Another Form of Colonization Qualla Boundary, North Carolina - In the shadow of Columbus Day and the...
Hundreds of groups call on Brazilian government to reject GE trees application by UK-registered company
Biofuelwatch & Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees press release – for immediate use Thursday 4th September 2014 Hundreds of groups call on Brazilian government to reject GE trees application by UK-registered company Social and ecological justice...
Groups unite to call on Brazil to deny application to legalize genetically engineered eucalyptus trees
Groups unite to call on Brazil to deny application to legalize genetically engineered eucalyptus trees, joint press release by STOP GE Trees, which includes Biofuelwatch, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, EcoNexus, Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Global...
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and US
Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and US, Press release by the Stop GE Trees Campaign, supported by Biofuelwatch (US-UK), Canadian Biotechnology Action Network,, EcoNexus, Indigenous Environmental...
International Day of Action Targets Monoculture Tree Plantations – Ban on Genetically Engineered Trees Demanded
International Day of Action Targets Monoculture Tree Plantations – Ban on Genetically Engineered Trees Demanded, Joint Press Release by Global Justice Ecology Project, Global Forest Coalition, Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees and Biofuelwatch