The Globe and Mail
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Genetically engineered spruce and poplars could save Canada’s forests from over-harvesting and vicious pests such as the pine beetle. So why aren’t environmentalists hugging these trees?
by Sharon Oosthoek
QUEBEC CITY — When Christmas snows thaw this spring, Armand Seguin will cut down a stand of about 300 trees outside Quebec City. Although he spent years growing these spruce and poplars, he will take care to completely burn their trunks, branches, leaves and roots. And environmental groups such as Greenpeace can hardly wait for the chainsaws to rev up.