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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Toxic algae blooms are multiplying. The government has no plan to help.
A new watchdog report shows the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t have a cohesive strategy for dealing with freshwater harmful algal blooms.
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Report: Corporations are tanking America’s best shot at fighting climate change
"Climate positive" companies say they want climate action. Their lobbying activity often says otherwise.
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Meet the CEPP, the biggest federal climate policy you’ve never heard of
It’s convoluted. Democrats can’t agree on it. It still may be the best shot at a major climate law this decade.
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How climate change gave rise to a monster mosquito season
Thanks to climate-fueled extreme weather, mosquitoes are everywhere this year.