Articles by Grist staff

Mike Houck, Audubon Society of Portland

Mike Houck has been urban naturalist for the Audubon Society of Portland since 1982 and is a cofounder of the Coalition for a Livable Future. He also sits on numerous city and regional natural resource advisory committees, and is coeditor of Wild in the City. 3:30 a.m.: Woke up, wondering what was amiss. I had […]

Hamster Dunce

Germany is not doing enough to protect native hamsters, says the European Commission. The commission has issued a formal warning to the country for allowing farming and development to occur in areas that are vital habitat for the endangered black-bellied hamster, a rodent that is both bigger and stronger than your everyday household hamster. Germany […]

Kerry On!

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) threatened yesterday to filibuster to block any legislative effort by President Bush to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. He called Bush’s attempts in recent weeks to link oil exploration in the Arctic Refuge to the current energy supply shortage in California “muddled at best and […]

Freedom to Chews

Shocking — but might this be a bit of good news? A U.S. Food and Drug Administration report has found that consumers want mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and feel “outrage” when they learn just how many supermarket products already contain genetically engineered elements. Consumers are concerned that such foods may have negative environmental […]