FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto, Ontario – October 13, 2010 – Chief Patrick Waddilove of the Munsee-Delaware First Nation brought the whole tree with him and handed out five-year-old “cookies” to delegates attending the Aboriginal Energy and Power Conference at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel today.
Chief Waddilove brought a 6.4 m (20 foot) genetically modified poplar tree to the conference to demonstrate how fast the trees grow in their capacity as a carbon sink. The five-year-old poplar was cut into slices and handed out to delegates and passersby.
Pictured (L to R): TD Bank Financial Group Chief Environmental Officer Karen Clarke-Whistler, Chief Patrick Waddilove and Luke Waddilove hold poplar cookies.
Click here to view a press release on the Trees for Biomass project.