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by Marina Schauffler · Published November 8, 2020 · Last modified November 9, 2020
In her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sidestepped questions about climate change, saying it was a “very contentious matter of public debate.” As a matter of...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Economics / Pollution/Waste
by Marina Schauffler · Published August 30, 2020 · Last modified September 8, 2020
The coronavirus tragedy in the U.S. holds a potent lesson about governance: Facing crises without a strategic plan costs lives. The floundering on display in recent months – with conflicting federal guidance, states forced...
Ecological Values / Health / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published June 18, 2020
Braxton Winston, an at-large member of the Charlotte, N.C., City Council, vividly recalls his first encounter with tear gas at a peaceful protest four years ago. “Struggling to breathe. Skin burning. Vomiting. Trying to...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Health / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published April 16, 2020
Last week’s storm decimated the trees in our yard, exposing raw tissue where limbs severed. Branches, graced by buds that will never open, lay scattered on the killing snow. Taking in the scene, I...
Ecological Values / Sense of Place / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published January 30, 2020 · Last modified February 16, 2020
Maine communities stand to lose a lot with the arrival of emerald ash borer (EAB), an Asian parasite that attacks white, green and brown ash (Fraxinus spp.) — killing most trees within a few...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Sense of Place
by Marina Schauffler · Published December 19, 2019 · Last modified February 16, 2020
During a 2016 trip along Greenland’s west coast, Maine photographer Peter Ralston took this photo of disappearing ice. Ralston returned from that trip with what he describes as “a burning desire” to share his photos of...
Ecological Values / Sense of Place / Slower Living / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published November 14, 2019
With six decades of gardening experience, Sharon Turner is a resource for many residents of the midcoast who seek to create more wildlife-friendly landscapes. Photo by Marina Schauffler. If you look the right way,...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Economics / Food / Health / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published October 31, 2019
“We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot,” Leonardo da Vinci is said to have observed roughly five centuries ago. Sadly, that statement still holds, according to geologist...
