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user-inactivated  ·  3392 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Genetically engineered trees: Paralysis from good intentions

I got an email about a petition to stop a GE Pine tree. It also talked about stopping GE Eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus trees use too much water, and cause forest fires, they should not be grown outside of Australia. I couldn't figure out why they wanted to stop research on Pine trees for timber.