Halle Parker
Coastal Desk ReporterHalle Parker reports on the environment for WWNO's Coastal Desk. You can reach her at hparker@wwno.org.
Before coming to New Orleans Public Radio, she covered Louisiana's environment for the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate and down the bayou for the Houma Courier. She also worked for the National Audubon Society. Some of her past reporting has centered on environmental justice issues and the state's coastal land loss crisis.
Halle is from a small town in Virginia, and loves playing soccer, painting with watercolors and starting the morning with a hot cup of tea.
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A single mom who worked hard to provide for her son, a Princeton football player who received All-Ivy League honors and an 18-year-old with dreams of becoming an engineer are among the dead in Wednesday’s attack in New Orleans. -
Bourbon Street re-opened in New Orleans Thursday afternoon, more than 24 hours after Wednesday morning's attack by a Texas man driving a Ford pickup truck plowed into a crowd of New Year's revelers. -
A 1-hour special investigation into LNG. This deeply-reported, globetrotting program follows American gas around the world. -
Today on Sea Change, we talk with Dr. Robert Howarth of Cornell University to talk about his groundbreaking LNG study and how it could shape the future of American energy policy. -
“The main takeaway is that a business-as-usual approach is neither sustainable nor advisable,” said U.S. Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm during a press call on Tuesday. -
A report warns that a major increase in U.S. natural gas exports may raise energy costs and worsen environmental impacts. That's at odds with the expected policy of the incoming Trump administration.
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Communities along the three U.S. coastlines are exploring solutions for rising sea levels. They're fortifying, inventing and preparing to move.
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We keep hearing scary predictions about sea level rise, but it’s hard to imagine what it will mean for seas to rise two feet…4 feet…even 7 feet by the end of the century. This episode takes you to each of America’s three coasts where communities are coming up with solutions to the rising water. -
The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will shutter a predominantly Black elementary school that sits on the fenceline of a chemical plant. The decision came after eight years of pressure from community groups, federal agencies and lawyers. -
Hollywood has been cold on climate change, mostly relegating the issue to documentaries. We talk to two people who are trying to change that.
