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Senior Staff Writer

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

Conversation with Buck Parker

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

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

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

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

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

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

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

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

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Mid-Pacific Office

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

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

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

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

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

A spider has made this dry faucet home.
July 9, 2015

3 Things That Won’t Solve California’s Drought

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

A handful of new products purport to help ease the drought, but do their claims hold water?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, it’s been cast as “NAFTA on steroids.”
June 11, 2015

Will Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Away American Progress?

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

The President’s request to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, faces its final hurdle Friday, as members of both parties gear up for a contentious vote.

Recently, the federal government added a captive orca called Lolita to the endangered species list
March 16, 2015

Captive Orca Swims Closer to Freedom

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

The federal government will finally put a captive orca named Lolita on the endangered species list, a move that may open doors to her eventual return home to the Puget Sound in Washington state.