Marie Doezema

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Tipping Point

Here's What Brazil's Drought Means for Coffee Lovers Around the World

Brazil produces 30 percent of the world's coffee, but climate change is likely to lower yields — and quality — over the long term.
Marie Doezema
4.4.16
Environment

A German City Has Banned Single-Serve Coffee Pods and Plastic Water Bottles

Hamburg is on the vanguard of German efforts to correct the ecological balance sheet of a throwaway culture, which consumes billions of single-serve coffee pods each year.
Marie Doezema
3.12.16
Environment

Millions of French People Could Get Energy From Roads Covered With Solar Panels

Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Energy, announced in January that roughly 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of roadway would be covered with solar panels in the next five years.
Marie Doezema
2.16.16
Environment

Consumers Are Dumping Keurig's Single-Serve Coffee — And That's Great News for the Environment

A founder of the company — and creator of the ubiquitous coffee product — is seeking to redeem himself for the all the waste created by the machines.
Marie Doezema
2.13.16
Environment

Threatened by Militias and Traffickers, Mali's Desert Elephants Could Be Extinct in 3 Years

In the first two weeks of 2016, poachers killed 16 elephants — and aerial footage recently gathered by conservationists reveals only about 350 of the rare elephants remain.
Marie Doezema
2.3.16
Tipping Point

There's Not Much Snow in the Alps — So Petting Zoos Are Replacing Skiing

By the end of the century, year-round snow cover is expected only at the highest elevations, while at lower heights, snow my become "ephemeral."
Marie Doezema
1.11.16
Environment

The US Banned This Ship and Now It's Carrying 28 Tons of Radioactive Waste from France to Australia

French energy company Areva, which is managing the shipment, says some “small flaws” were found during the ship’s pre-departure inspection, but they had been fixed.
Marie Doezema
10.19.15
Environment

This Danish Zoo Killed A Healthy Lion and Dissected It in Public

The Odensa Zoo says it conducts the public dissections, viewed mostly by children, in order to disseminate information about animal anatomy.
Marie Doezema
10.16.15
Europe

These People Are Covering the Alps With Blankets

Researchers say in 150 years the glaciers may be only 10 percent of what they are today — and perhaps disappear altogether.
Marie Doezema
9.28.15