Environmental Writer
Climate Change/Energy / Economics / Pollution/Waste / Transportation/Travel
by Marina Schauffler · Published September 3, 2017 · Last modified September 5, 2017
As ineffectual as this president appears, his Cabinet members are stealthily orchestrating destructive changes. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is intent on subverting that agency’s mission. At the behest of automakers, he is...
Before long, the recreational boating season will draw to a close and owners will batten down their craft for the winter. Many will choose the low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic better known as shrink-wrap. It...
Climate Change/Energy / Economics / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published June 11, 2017 · Last modified February 15, 2022
In a month that began with the president’s misguided decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, I was heartened to discover an inspiring new project and book, “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Economics / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published May 28, 2017
A “low point for the American environment,” a “dark and difficult time,” a period when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was in “chaos and despair.” Those could be contemporary descriptors, but they portray the...
Health / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published May 14, 2017 · Last modified May 15, 2017
“Raise your hand if you’re SURE!” a deodorant ad once proclaimed, playing to widespread insecurities about appearance and body odor. The promise of radiant confidence and magnetic appeal is what sells personal care products,...
Ecological Values / Education/Family / Food / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published April 2, 2017
“It’s not easy being green,” Kermit the Frog bemoaned back in 1970. What was, for a Muppet, a whimsical play on words has become code for the challenge of trying to live with a...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published March 5, 2017 · Last modified April 2, 2017
The politics of climate change are starting to resemble the surface of a melting glacier split by crevices. We appear to be at a shear zone, a major discontinuity between the perspective of most...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published February 26, 2017
After a recent conversation with a self-described “climate agnostic,” I found myself trying to articulate why that was not a tenable stance. I wrote that person a letter and am sharing it beyond the...
