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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It’s not just that sea levels are rising. Scientists believe fossil fuel extraction and river engineering are also factors behind coastline disappearance. -
Air Products & Chemicals has proposed to build the world’s largest carbon storage project in southeastern Louisiana, but residents worry about health and environmental consequences. -
Members of the mayor’s transition committee on climate and sustainability say the move contradicts their recommendations. -
Today on Louisiana Considered, we get an update on arrests targeting immigrants in the New Orleans area. We also break down a year’s worth of news in energy, and discuss why the classic Nutcracker ballet remains a staple of the Christmas season. -
A new study published in Nature Communications looked at what happens when climate change and toxic pollution intersect. -
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.
