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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Youth activists will push for climate action — even with a divided Congress
The Sunrise Movement and the American Conservation Coalition, two groups on opposite ends of the political spectrum, both aim to push members of Congress on the issue of climate change.
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Biden defeats Trump, ending 4 years of environmental destruction
The Democrat will soon have to face the most difficult hurdle yet: getting comprehensive climate policy through Congress, possibly without the aid of a Democrat-controlled Senate.
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Joe Biden makes a final pitch to Americans in 2 new climate ads
It’s officially the 11th hour -- the candidates’ final opportunity to relay their thesis statements to voters.
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Photos: Hurricane Zeta slams a beleaguered Gulf Coast
It’s the 11th named storm to hit the continental U.S. this year, a record.
