Environmental Writer
Climate Change/Energy / Coastal Issues / Economics / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published October 17, 2019
During Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Hoboken, New Jersey “literally became an island,” recalled its mayor at the time, Dawn Zimmer, during a recent talk she gave in Maine. The city was 80 percent submerged,...
Economics / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices / Technology / Transportation/Travel
by Marina Schauffler · Published September 19, 2019 · Last modified October 3, 2019
Our family just joined the one percent in Maine: not the wealthy elite, but the select few who own plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles (EVs). Now we’re wondering how to invite others along. Since...
Housing / Pollution/Waste / Sense of Place / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published May 9, 2019 · Last modified May 31, 2019
A boundless dome of darkness overhead – lit only by crystalline stars – is one of Maine’s most imperiled natural assets. The Milky Way visible above Acadia National Park cannot be seen with the...
Climate Change/Energy / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published January 31, 2019 · Last modified February 14, 2019
Maine faces a “brand-new day,” Gov. Janet Mills announced in her inaugural address, a time to tackle outstanding work – like limiting the climate change that is “threatening our jobs, damaging our health and...
Climate Change/Energy / Economics / Sustainable Practices / Technology / Transportation/Travel
by Marina Schauffler · Published September 3, 2018
Not all of us can, like the royal couple at their wedding last May, drive a vintage Jaguar modified to be all-electric. Even most Teslas remain beyond reach. Yet while 1 percent of Americans...
Pollution/Waste / Sense of Place / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published June 24, 2018
It’s a gorgeous summer morning, fragrant with the scents of lilac and abelia, but my office windows are shut. A swarm of leaf blowers has descended just down the road, generating plumes of dust...
Climate Change/Energy / Economics / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published March 25, 2018
There’s a growing gap between what Maine’s ratepayers want and what they’re getting from the state’s dominant electric utility, Central Maine Power (CMP). The wish list is short: reliable power, low cost and low...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Sense of Place / Sustainable Practices / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published March 11, 2018
Mount Desert Island is a long way from the corridors of power, and what’s happening in Augusta and Washington holds scant promise of fostering a healthier environment or economy. So a growing number of...
