Rebecca Herbert

Occupation:
Climate Activist

#TiredEarth environmental journalist

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Nationality: NL
October 06, 2020
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Male fertility is declining – studies show that environmental toxins could be a reason

In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who...

July 31, 2021
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The truth behind corporate climate pledges

Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a...

July 28, 2021
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Toxic forever chemicals are in our blood: Senate must vote to regulate them as hazardous substances

For more than 50 years, Americans have been exposed to an unregulated class of cancer-causing chemic...

July 27, 2021
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The jaw-droppingly high, out-of-this-world carbon footprint of space tourism

The commercial race to get tourists to space is heating up between Virgin Group founder Sir Richard...

July 24, 2021
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10% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from food we throw in the bin

“Is producing more food the only way to feed a growing population?” It’s a question many scientists,...

July 24, 2021
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Global Plastic Pollution May Be Nearing an Irreversible Tipping Point

Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse,...

July 13, 2021
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Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

The country is curbing encroachment by paying farmers to grow trees for firewood and timber, but env...

July 12, 2021
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Human activity influencing global rainfall, study finds

Human activity such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use change were a key factor in extreme pre...

July 08, 2021
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What is ‘degrowth’ and how can it fight climate change?

There’s no other way to put it—as climate change envelops more and more of our daily lives, we are g...

July 07, 2021

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