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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Scientists identify the missing ingredient for climate action: Political will
The IPCC's latest report finally recognizes the social barriers to climate action.
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Why the Senate hasn’t made a climate deal yet
Democrats (including Joe Manchin) say they agree on historic climate spending. So what's the holdup?
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FEMA is giving homeowners money to prepare for floods — or move away
The agency will dole out $60 million from the infrastructure bill to four states hit by Hurricane Ida.
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Why the return of earmarks could be good news for the planet
With most of the president’s climate agenda stalled in Congress, every ounce of climate spending counts.