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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.

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.

On the eve of the first day of COP20, the UN climate talks in Lima, a Vigil for the Climate was held near the Pentagonito where the UN talks are to be held.
December 4, 2014

Six Things You Need to Know About the UN Climate Talks in Lima, Peru

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  International Program

Here’s everything you need to know about the most important conference you’ve never heard of.

The 2010 explosion and fire at the 'Pick Your Part' junkyard in Wilmington, CA took more than 30 hours to extinguish, releasing particulate matter, dioxins and heavy metals across neighboring communities.
October 21, 2014

Scrapping the Recycling Industry’s Green Image

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  California Office

Not all recycling is as green as it may seem.

Plastic found in the ocean.
July 10, 2014

Friday Finds: The Case of the Missing Plastic

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  California Office, Florida Office & Mid-Pacific Office

Researchers have found that 99 percent of the plastic that should be in the ocean is missing.

The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument is home to some of the most vibrant, healthy coral reefs in the world, such as Kingman Reef.
June 18, 2014

Friday Finds: Obama Combats Climate Change by Land, Air and Sea

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  International Program & Mid-Pacific Office

Obama proposes a vast expansion of a Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary.