Genetically Engineering Poplars for Paper and Biofuels Condemned
Biofuelwatch, Center for Food Safety, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Scientists and environmentalists yesterday condemned a recent press release by researchers at the University of British Columbia announcing they have created genetically engineered (GE) poplar trees for paper and biofuel production, opening the prospect of growing these GE trees like an agricultural crop in the future. [1]
The poplars were…
