Eva Tesfaye

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye

Robert Taylor Jr. lives just a couple blocks away from Denka Performance Elastomers in Reserve, Louisiana. The facility produces a chemical called neoprene polychloroprene, used in products such as wetsuits and koozies. It also releases air pollutants ethylene oxide and chloroprene, which has long worried environmental advocates and members of the community.

3 weeks ago | wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye

A slim majority of the city’s residents support a stormwater fee to maintain the drainage system, according to a survey from New-Orleans based nonprofit, the Water Collaborative. It shows 57% of residents surveyed support the fee, and 71% are more likely to support it if it’s overseen by a community advisory committee. The poll surveyed 500 residents likely to vote in the upcoming mayoral election–100 from each district.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Elise Plunk |Eva Tesfaye

Ivan Vargas-Lopez and Sophia Lingo walk along wooden platforms in Wax Lake Delta to examine soil samples as part of their research into how Atchafalaya River sediment has added to its coastal delta. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator)ST. MARY PARISH —  Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana’s coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has accidentally given birth to new wetlands.

1 month ago | wwno.org | Eva Tesfaye

ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has accidentally given birth to new wetlands. While that small delta is dwarfed by what’s washing away all around it, researchers have gained knowledge from Wax Lake Delta that could help save the rest of Louisiana’s coast and contribute to a better understanding of wetland science across the globe.

1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Elise Plunk |Eva Tesfaye

ST. MARY PARISH, La. —  Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana’s coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has accidentally given birth to new wetlands. While that small delta is dwarfed by what’s washing away all around it, researchers have gained knowledge from Wax Lake Delta that could help save the rest of Louisiana’s coast and contribute to a better understanding of wetland science across the globe.