Zoya Teirstein
LATEST ARTICLES BY Zoya Teirstein
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Environment
Global warming linked to a spate of rare disease outbreaks in 2023
January 4, 2024The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught U.S. communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.
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The hidden death toll of flooding in Bangladesh sends a dark signal about climate and health
December 12, 2023New research links more than 150,000 infant deaths to 30 monsoons in the South Asian country.
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Europe begins 2023 with record-setting heat wave
January 23, 2023Climatologists are calling it “the most extreme heat wave in European history."
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Supreme Court decision could withdraw vital Clean Water Act protections
October 5, 2022Sackett v. EPA could roll back protections for more than 50 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
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December’s tornadoes show a country badly in need of disaster reform
January 5, 2022"Until local agencies have their capacity substantially expanded in essentially every community across the country, we’re going to keep running into problems."
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A surprising winner in Biden’s infrastructure bill: Biodiversity
December 1, 2021Wildlife groups, conservation nonprofits, and even hunting associations put pressure on Biden back when he was still a candidate for president to take a strong position on protecting biodiversity.
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Biden’s team is planning a massive climate and infrastructure bill
March 25, 2021Whatever ends up happening, one thing is almost certain: Climate change is back on the menu in Congress.
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Latest Trump EPA rule to get tossed? The ‘secret science’ ban
February 2, 2021“The ‘censored science’ rule was one of the Trump administration’s most brazen efforts to undermine the scientific foundations of regulatory policy."
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