Zoya Teirstein
LATEST ARTICLES BY Zoya Teirstein
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Environment
This EPA research office safeguarded Americans’ health. Trump just eliminated it
July 22, 2025The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to lead.
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Environment
Senate Republicans just voted to dismantle America’s only climate plan
July 2, 2025Critics are calling it "the most anti-environmental bill of all time."
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Environment
House Republicans vote to repeal landmark climate legislation
May 28, 2025House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Environment
Trump repeals America’s first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effect
March 21, 2025The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.
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Environment
Trump’s funding freeze is wreaking havoc on climate science
February 19, 2025Federal dollars have bankrolled some of humanity's biggest breakthroughs. What happens when they disappear?
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Environment
The flood that caused a housing reckoning in Vermont
October 28, 2024The interconnected climate and housing crises are putting some Montpelier residents one disaster away from homelessness.
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Environment
The climate vice president? What Tim Walz brings to the Harris ticket
August 9, 2024A progressive with a penchant for coalition building, Walz boasts state climate experience.
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Environment
The Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine, gutting federal environmental protections
July 6, 2024Scrapping the legal precedent could send a "convulsive shock" to decades of federal environmental, financial, and healthcare regulations.
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