Articles by Senior Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein
Zoya Teirstein is a senior staff writer covering the impacts of climate change on human health. Her work can also be found in Rolling Stone, Wired, and the Associated Press. She has received awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, the SEAL Awards, and the Society of Environmental Journalists, and completed reporting fellowships with SciLine, the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai‘i, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Most recently, she was a 2022-2023 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting fellow.
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There are glimmers of a Green New Deal in Inslee’s big new climate plan
The little-known governor of Washington state just unveiled the ambitious second phase of his climate plan, and there are more pieces of the puzzle to come.
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The plastic industry is on track to produce as many emissions as 600 coal-fired power plants
The global plastic industry is on track to produce enough emissions to put the world on track for a catastrophic warming scenario.
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The Sunrise Movement has a plan to force presidential candidates to address climate change
What’s next for the group pushing the Green New Deal? Look no further than the debates.
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New map shows all the cities leading the world in climate action
Did yours make the list?
