Environmental Writer
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Economics / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
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 / Education/Family / Slower Living / Sustainable Practices / Transportation/Travel / Uncategorized
by Marina Schauffler · Published October 25, 2020 · Last modified November 9, 2020
Ask experts about cutting vehicular emissions — the largest source of Maine’s greenhouse gas pollution — and you’re apt to hear how complex the task is. Finding ways to equitably transition from gas-powered to...
Climate Change/Energy / Housing / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published September 13, 2020 · Last modified November 9, 2020
A single small home, lifted onto a foundation in Milbridge last month, could signal big housing changes ahead. Confronted with scant affordable housing and mandates to reduce carbon pollution, Maine needs to re-envision how...
Climate Change/Energy / Food / Sustainable Practices / Uncategorized
by Marina Schauffler · Published July 9, 2020 · Last modified September 8, 2020
“Never again will we have the climate system of the 20th century.” — Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine soil scientist and co-chair of the Maine Climate Council’s Scientific and Technical Subcommittee On a...
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...
Economics / Food / Health / Slower Living / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published May 7, 2020 · Last modified June 18, 2020
The current gardening boom has parallels to the widespread “War Gardens” and “Victory Gardens” grown during and after WWI, when the nation struggled with food shortages and the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more...
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...
Food / Health / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published March 26, 2020 · Last modified April 16, 2020
Among the boundless concerns provoked by COVID-19, food supplies are top of mind for many Maine residents. The fear for consumers can be visceral: With store shelves emptying quickly, will there be enough to...
