Increased planting of genetically engineered (GE) trees will pose no threat to the environment, Chinese scientists have claimed. Speaking yesterday, experts and officials agreed that the use of ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is weighing whether to ...
About a century ago the American chestnut tree was attacked by the introduced fungal pathogen (Cryphonectria parasitica). This fungus drove the chestnut to functional extinction. Now, scientists at ...
“I’m very concerned that GE trees would impact our future generations and their traditional uses of trees. Our basket makers, people that use wood for the natural colors of our clay work–there would ...
The American Chestnut Foundation, established in 1983, has developed a hybrid American chestnut that is resistant to blight. Since 2014, biotechnologists at the College of Environmental Science and ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. U.S. climate technology startup Living Carbon has been developing genetically engineered poplar trees that it says can absorb more carbon – a ...
A new organizing initiative called “GE Trees Fall” launched with a four day GE trees action training camp [1] outside of Asheville North Carolina, over September 24th to the 27th. Following the camp, ...
“Far from the major overhaul needed in the oversight and regulation of GMOs in the U.S. including GE trees, the USDA’s APHIS, at the prodding of industry, is moving toward less regulation,” Campaign ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results