Urgent Alert! Help Stop 260,000 GE Trees from being planted in U.S.!  ( 06/12/2009  01:52:05 )
Photo: Eucalyptus plantations in South Africa go on as far as the eye can see.  Escaped eucalyptus trees are found widely outside of the plantations.  Photo: Petermann/ GJEP

Dangerous Genetically Engineered (GE) Eucalyptus Trees on Fast-Track to Large-Scale Release in the U.S.

ACTION NEEDED BY 6 JULY!  Tell the USDA NO WAY to ArborGen's Eucalyptus Frankentrees

In an unprecedented move toward commercial large-scale release of GE forest trees in the United States, GE tree giant ArborGen is petitioning the U.S. government to be allowed to ...  For more click here 

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U.N. Urgent! End Deforestation, Conserve World's Forests  ( 06/10/2009  11:37:01 )
Photo: People prepare banner at morning protest to greet negotiators as they enter UN Climate Talks in Bonn, Germany.  Photo:  Langelle/GJEP-GFC

For Immediate Release                                                       8 June 2009

Countdown for Survival: Global groups make an urgent ...  For more click here 

GJEP GE Trees/plantations interview--Living on Earth  ( 06/10/2009  11:36:35 )
Anne Petermann speaks to UN delegates about the social and ecological impacts of GE trees during the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Curitiba, Brazil in March 2006.  Photo: Langelle-GJEP

At the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May in New York City, Anne Petermann, Executive ...  For more click here 

New Book Out: Fightback!: Workplace Justice for Immigrants  ( 06/05/2009  12:19:45 )
Book by GJEP Board member Aziz Choudry plus Jill Hanley, Steve Jordan, Eric Shragge & Martha Stiegman

Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working-class power through legislation to free the market from ...  For more click here