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ECOSHOCK —The Myth of the Industrial Forest
Is biochar for real? Do you want GE Trees? Is biochar a real solution for climate change? Why is big oil pushing biochar to “offset” emissions from the Canadian Tar Sands? Earthbeat reporter Daphne Wysham investigates with Rachel Smolker from globaljusticeecology.org. Then Daphne inverviews Exec. Dir. Anne Petermann on the Stop GE Trees campaign. Big corporations are risking the wild forest with genetically engineered Eucalyptus trees. This Earthbeat for Ecoshock sampler ends with Dr. Helen Caldicott. BEFORE Fukushima, Caldicott predicts a nuclear power disaster.
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