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January 8th, 2017

| The Oregonian

GMO grass that 'escaped' defies eradication, divides grass seed industry

By: Jeff Manning - After more than a decade of unsuccessful efforts to eradicate the genetically modified grass it created and allowed to escape, lawn and garden giant Scotts Miracle-Gro now wants to step back and shift the burden to Oregonians…

January 28th, 2015

| Capital Press

USDA cannot restrict GMO pine

By Mateusz Perkowski - A pine tree genetically engineered for greater wood density can be grown without restrictions after the USDA decided it lacks authority to regulate the variety.

November 14th, 2014

SUNY ESF plan to release genetically engineered chestnut tree is too hasty

By Martha L. Crouch, Ph.D - Genetically engineered chestnuts? Not so fast. As a biologist familiar with GE tree research, I think release is premature. Their wheat gene is unproven outside of the lab, with no real-world track record even in crops, much less in a tree that can live hundreds of years. And the blight is likely to quickly defeat single gene resistance…

August 21st, 2014

| Inter Press Service

U.S., Brazil Nearing Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees

The U.S. and Brazilian governments are moving into the final stages of weighing approval for the commercialisation of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees, moves that would mark the first such permits anywhere in the world.

November 21st, 2013

| Charlotte Observer

Beware of genetically engineered trees

By DEBBIE BARKER AND MARTHA CROUCH - We should not let parts of the United States get overrun by genetically engineered trees.But that is what is at risk today. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering whether to allow unrestricted planting of the first genetically engineered forest tree in the United States: eucalyptus engineered by ArborGen to grow in a colder climate.

September 7th, 2013

Can GMO trees save our forests?

By Maureen Nandini Mitra - In late May, forest biologists, geneticists, and forestry industry officials from across the world gathered at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina to discuss ongoing research in tree genetics…

| Huffington Post

Genetically Engineered Trees and Glowing Synthetic Plants? No Thanks

Rachel Smolker - This week in Asheville, N.C., the IUFRO "Tree Biotechnology" conference will meet. And the attendees will be met: by protests. Public opinion is unequivocally opposed to genetically engineered trees…

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