The Latest by Jessica A. Knoblauch

Senior Staff Writer

Jessica is a former award-winning journalist. She enjoys wild places and dispensing justice, so she considers her job here to be a pretty amazing fit.

Wolverine Nazzu/Shutterstock
February 10, 2016

Keeping the Wolverine Wild

Earthjustice is once again fighting to protect the wolverine, a tough-as-nails creature that’s nevertheless extremely vulnerable to climate change and development.

February 9, 2016

La Raza y la Justicia Ambiental: Una Conversación Con la Activista Vernice Miller-Travis

En esta entrevista, Vernice habla de la evolución de su relación con la EPA y la necesidad de un diálogo nacional más profundo sobre justicia ambiental. Vernice ha encontrado una manera extraordinaria de mantenerse positiva, aun después de enfrentar tantos retos ecológicos.

Vernice Miller-Travis
February 9, 2016

Race & Environmental Justice: A Conversation with Activist Vernice Miller-Travis

A Conversation with Activist Vernice Miller-Travis, a longtime environmental justice advocate and cofounder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice.

Buck Parker at Crater Lake in southern Oregon.
December 18, 2015

Conversation with Buck Parker

Buck Parker reflects on how he got involved with Earthjustice and how he helped shape its direction during a time when conservation efforts evolved into the powerful environmental movement.

Arctic wolf
October 16, 2015

The Scoop on Ice

The Obama administration just delivered another blow to Arctic drilling. What’s next in the fight to protect one of our nation’s most pristine ecosystems?

Shell's drilling rig Polar Pioneer will no longer be exploring off of Alaska's coast.
September 28, 2015

Shell Says ‘Shell No’ To Arctic Ocean Drilling

Shell stops Arctic Ocean oil and gas exploration in Alaska after disappointing results.

Blackfeet Nation tribal member Jack Gladstone near tribal lands in the Badger-Two Medicine on a smoky summer evening in August 2015.
September 23, 2015

Too Wild to Drill

A federal advisory panel has urged the Obama administration to cancel or withdraw leases for natural gas drilling near Glacier National Park in Montana after finding that the wild and scenic area is too sacred for drilling.

Melon headed whales like these on the west side of Hawai'i island will now be protected from dangerous mid-frequency sonar training and testing.
September 14, 2015

Navy Sonar Settlement Brings Historic Win for Whales

For the first time ever, the Navy has agreed to put vast swaths of important habitat for numerous marine mammals off limits to dangerous sonar training and testing.

California agriculture uses about 80 percent of the state’s developed water supply
July 30, 2015

It’s Time to Be Drought Intolerant

Want to help the drought? Draw a bath, call your senator, and let your worries soak away.

Earthjustice's Jessica Knoblauch looks across a valley toward declining snowpacks in Montana's Glacier National Park.
July 22, 2015

Climate Change Sparks Fire, Melts Ice in Glacier National Park

Hotter temperatures caused by climate change are melting Glacier National Park’s namesake glaciers and starting fires within the park’s boundaries.