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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![Senate Majority Leader Thune stands before reporters]()
![Senate Majority Leader Thune stands before reporters]()
With new Senate legislation, Congress is one step closer to gutting the Inflation Reduction Act
The so-called Big Beautiful Bill targets the tax credits designed to put the U.S. on the path to net-zero carbon emissions.
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![Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, walks towards reporters flanked by members of the House.]()
![Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark blue suit, walks towards reporters flanked by members of the House.]()
Moderate Republicans defended Biden’s climate law — then voted to repeal it
House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
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A malaria-like disease spread by ticks is moving into Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
The tick that causes Lyme can also spread babesiosis — and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don't know about it.
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![Collage of Capitol, White House, smokestack, Trump signing proclamation, and Constitution]()
![Collage of Capitol, White House, smokestack, Trump signing proclamation, and Constitution]()
Project 2025 was extreme. Trump’s first 100 days have been even more radical.
The president's environmental policies mirror the far-right blueprint — and push the boundaries of the Constitution.
