Eva Tesfaye
Coastal Reporter at WWNO-FM (New Orleans, LA)
she/her // environment and coastal reporter for @WWNO // prev @KCUR @HarvestPM and @NPRShortWave
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2 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye
Community groups are suing the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality over a recent law that could prevent them from publicly sharing their air monitoring data. Conducting their own air monitoring can be a way for communities to hold industry accountable and warn residents about harmful pollution.
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3 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye
On Tuesday, the Denka Performance Elastomer’s (DPE) board announced that it would suspend production. The plant produces neoprene polychloroprene, a chemical in wetsuits and koozies. The plant also releases chloroprene, a chemical linked to cancer that has long concerned the surrounding community. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, cancer risk in the town of Reserve, La. is 50 times the national average. ”We buried my mom this year. She suffered for 22 years.
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3 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye
Since starting a composting hub at her community garden, Lissie Stewart says she has collected 25,000 pounds of food waste, diverting it from the landfill. “As a family, we just know Sundays are composting days. So we'll come out, take out bins, do what we need to do at the garden and then come back and pick them up and put them in our composting heap.”Compost NOW helped set up this composting hub at Galvez Garden in February of 2022.
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1 month ago |
wrkf.org | Eva Tesfaye
The City of New Orleans released its final draft for Lincoln Beach’s master plan, which involves four phases. The city is no longer planning a quick open this year. Instead it plans to open the beach when phase one is complete, which is estimated for late 2026 or early 2027. The city said once that happens, the beach won’t need to be closed for construction on the other phases.
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1 month ago |
wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye
The City of New Orleans released its final draft for Lincoln Beach’s master plan, which involves four phases. The city is no longer planning a quick open this year. Instead it plans to open the beach when phase one is complete, which is estimated for late 2026 or early 2027. The city said once that happens, the beach won’t need to be closed for construction on the other phases.
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