by Marina Schauffler | July 25, 2021
Last month the U.S. experienced its hottest June on record. Despite enervating heat, the Maine Legislature worked doggedly and passed many measures to advance the state’s Climate Action Plan – a road map to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to climate disruptions. ...
by Marina Schauffler | April 4, 2021
The ethereal refrain of the white-throated sparrow runs through memories of childhood. My own children have rarely heard its call. Bird populations in the U.S. have plummeted since 1970, with 1 in 4 birds disappearing. The fraction of global species lost each year is...
by Marina Schauffler | February 7, 2021
It was a strange scene to encounter on a January night in Maine, sitting in my car among more than 100 other parked vehicles, all populated but dark, at a drive-in town meeting. Townspeople had gathered, following COVID safety protocol, to consider a contract to...
by Marina Schauffler | January 10, 2021
I can’t recall reading a book I so wanted to recommend to others as the new climate anthology, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson, “All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis.” For everyone concerned about...
by Marina Schauffler | November 8, 2020
Editor’s Note: The Maine Climate Council is in the process of refining draft strategies into a Climate Action Plan due to the Legislature on Dec. 1. Sea Change columns this fall are covering related topics – in this case, what polls and surveys reveal about how...
