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Zoya Teirstein is a reporter at Grist.

15 Articles

Your gas stove is bad for your health and warming the planet — even when you’re not cooking

A peer-reviewed study published Thursday by Stanford University researchers found that as much as 1.3 per cent of the gas used in typical U.S. stoves could be leaking into the atmosphere unburned.
News | January 31st 2022

Are corporations sabotaging the U.S.’s best chance to combat climate change?

Despite ambitious commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, a new report from the non-profit ClimateVoice reveals that 12 of the U.S.’s largest pro-climate companies are obstructing efforts to pass the Build Back Better Act.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News, US News | October 27th 2021

How Australia fudged the numbers at U.S. climate summit

There’s a big difference between saying you’ve already made climate progress and actually making progress. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Australia. 
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | May 6th 2021

Let's reuse medical supplies. Here's why

Should hospitals reuse medical supplies? A recent study says yes.
Analysis | January 5th 2021

With just over a month to the election, Trump bans offshore drilling in three Republican states

“This protects your beautiful Gulf and your beautiful ocean, and it will for a long time to come,” Trump said in a speech in Jupiter touting his environmental record
News, US News | September 15th 2020

Emissions from airplanes nearly doubled in two decades

Congressional Democrats and Republicans were busy hashing out the details of a third coronavirus package. One piece of the package became a sticking point for both parties: emissions from airplanes and cruise ships.
News | September 8th 2020

Climate change blamed for locust invasion

Photos from the ground show the extent of the invasion.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | January 31st 2020

The pope might classify destroying the earth as a sin

Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | January 1st 2020

How climate politics went mainstream in 2019

The science has never been bleaker, but progress is afoot.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | December 30th 2019

If fossil fuel ads had warning labels

Reports from the Race to a Safer World
News | December 7th 2019
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