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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Retreat from coastlines? Politicians don’t want to talk about it.
Why managed retreat is still a political third rail.
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Biden unveils a ‘once-in-a-generation’ infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh
“The American Jobs Plan will lead to a transformational progress in our effort to tackle climate change with American jobs and American ingenuity,” Biden said.
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Why authors are saying the ‘natural world’ no longer exists
“Almost no rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on Earth has escaped our clumsy signature.”
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Biden’s team is teeing up a massive climate and infrastructure bill
With the COVID-19 relief package done, the Biden team is turning to another crisis: climate change.
