Eva Tesfaye
Coastal Desk ReporterEva Tesfaye covers the environment for WWNO's Coastal Desk. You can reach her at eva@wrkf.org.
Before joining WWNO, she reported for Harvest Public Media and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. She was based at KCUR 89.3 in Kansas City, Missouri where she covered agriculture, food and the environment across the Mississippi River Basin.
Eva was also a producer for NPR's daily science podcast Short Wave. A graduate of Columbia University, she started her journalism career as an NPR Kroc Fellow.
She grew up moving around Africa and has lived in Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa and Kenya.
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The groups allege that the council violated Louisiana’s Open Meetings Law in a series of votes related to the expansion of an ammonia plant. -
A new study from Johns Hopkins University measured 17 cancer-causing air pollutants across four parishes between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in 2023. -
Candidates Helena Moreno, Frank Janusa, Oliver Thomas and Royce Duplessis shared their visions for tackling water issues at the New Orleans Mayoral Forum on Water and Coast. -
Some Alabo Wharf neighbors see the project as a way to revitalize the Lower Ninth Ward, while others view it as a health and safety hazard. -
Today, we’re bringing you a wild story. It’s about a covert ocean adventure from back in the Cold War days that inadvertently set off a brand new industry. And it’s an industry that’s been in the news a lot lately: deep-sea mining. -
Today, we bring you three stories exploring what it really takes to be ready for the next big storm. But at their core, these stories are about something deeper: the determination to keep living here on the Gulf Coast, and about the choices we’re making that will decide whether that’s possible. -
Twenty years after Katrina, former board members, experts and community groups worry that the board is returning to an era of politics and favoritism, instead of focusing on preventing another disaster. -
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans still has plenty of vacant lots, especially in the majority Black neighborhood of the Lower Ninth Ward. One artist has navigated a bureaucratic city program to reclaim her family’s land, with the help of her community. -
The Trump administration cancelled a program to fund projects that help prevent storm damage before disasters. Louisiana was set to receive more than $720 million. -
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath reshaped New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, we gathered to remember all that was lost, reflect on the lessons learned, and pay tribute to all the good that has been done in the two decades since. And, we look to the future: where do we go from here, and how can this region not just survive but thrive?
