From the Front Lines: Struggles for Justice
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The Battle for Homes Not Roads (1994) (opens the original)
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Wild American chestnuts facing Existential Threat from USDA Decision (opens the original)
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On August 27th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture deregulated Darling 54, a genetically engineered chestnut tree with documented genetic defects. The decision clears the way for these trees to be planted in wild forests with no regulation, no monitoring, and no way to recall them if something goes wrong.It is the first time a genetically engineered tree has been deregulated in the United States. If the Environmental Protection Agency signs off next, it would also be the first time anywhere in t
Unprecedented Irreversible Risk to Forests: Inside the USDA GMO Chestnut Tree Approval (opens the original)
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BREAKING GREEN PODCASTAnne Petermann breaks down the USDA’s deregulation of the defective Darling 54 GE chestnut: how it happened, what’s still undecided, and where people still have power to stop it.<div class="image2-inset
No Weapons to Death Squads (2001) (opens the original)
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Global Action Against ‘Green Deserts’ (opens the original)
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Today is the International Day of Action Against Tree Monocultures, also known as industrial tree plantations. World Rainforest Movement is leading the global campaign to stop the devastation of communities, lands and water for these “green deserts.”In 2005, GJEP traveled to Brazil to visit communities resisting industrial tree plantations and to meet with global allies, including World Rainforest Movement, about the need to globally ban genetically engineered trees. In 2023, GJEP organized a de
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