In an unprecedented and alarming move, the United States Department of Agriculture has given GE tree company ArborGen permission to pursue commercial production of a genetically engineered loblolly pine with no regulatory oversight or environmental risk assessment. In the current plan, the potential impacts to the public or to the environment will not be evaluated. This decision sets a terrible and unacceptable precedent.
Read further (in English) here:http://www.dogwoodalliance.org/2015/02/us-greenlights-first-ge-forest-tree-for-commercialization/
Take action to tell the US Department of Agriculture and ArborGen that this will not be tolerated. Sign an online petition here:
http://dia.dogwoodalliance.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17239
