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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Salton Sea public health disaster gets a $250 million ‘shot in the arm’
The Interior Department announced new funding to restore a shrinking lake — if California saves more water.
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These midterm races could be pivotal for U.S. climate action
Climate change is on the ballot this week. Here are six races we’re watching.
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Transmission impossible: Are Democrats punting on permitting reform?
Experts say we can't adopt clean energy without more long-distance power lines. But congressional gridlock is getting in the way.
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Report: Human health is ‘at the mercy of fossil fuels’
Extreme heat and air pollution are taking a deadly toll, but it's not too late to save lives.