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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.

January 21, 2011

Friday Finds: Celebrity Frackdown

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

Celebrity disses hydraulic fracturing Forget traipsing around a creepy island with Leonardo DiCaprio. Actor Mark Ruffalo recently went on a much more daring crusade in his latest roll as a passionate environmental advocate speaking out against the practice of hydraulic fracturing, according to HuffPo. After attending an NYC event called “Fracking and Its Effects: A …

January 13, 2011

Friday Finds: I Spy Climate Change

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

Secret agents discover climate change preparedness hole Military officials, CIA analysts and outside experts believe that the U.S. government is ill prepared to act on climate changes “that will threaten to bring instability to places of U.S national interest,” reports McClatchy Newspapers. Bureaucratic infighting and a lack of funding are just two reasons for this …

January 6, 2011

Friday Finds: Lights Out for Light Pollution

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

 Americans see the light on night bright cities Approximately 300 counties, cities and towns are beginning to see the light on excessive light pollution by enacting so-called dark-sky legislation that’s supported by treehuggers and army brats alike, reports USA Today. Light pollution doesn’t just keep you up past your bedtime. Over the years, studies have …

December 29, 2010

Friday Finds: No Shark Fin Soup For You!

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

Congress puts the kibosh on shark fin soup Last week, Congress adopted legislation to curb shark finning, the practice of chopping off a shark’s fins and dumping the finless shark back into the water, all so that people can dine on shark fin soup, reports the Washington Post. Though shark finning is currently banned off of …

December 23, 2010

Friday Finds: Oil Spill Sand Berm FAIL

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Washington, D.C. Office

Oil spill sand berms saturated in failure Miles of sand berms built to protect the coastline during the Gulf oil spill that cost millions of dollars were a huge waste of money, according to a presidential oil spill commission. During the spill, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal strongly insisted on having the berms, despite scientists and …

December 17, 2010

Friday Finds: Fox News Email Reveals "Shocking" Climate Bias

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

Drugged livestock, Chernobyland, wolverine wait listing

December 15, 2010

Restoring Clarity To Lake Tahoe

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  California Office

Extensive shoreline development stalled by court victory

December 10, 2010

Friday Finds: More Money, More Problems

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

EPA timidity, climate change bullying, butter-flavored flame retardants

December 3, 2010

Friday Finds: Corporate Espionage Imparts Clear and Present Danger

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

Sugar beet death sentence, pinko sustainability plots, carbon cap piggy bank

November 24, 2010

Friday Finds: Bras Provide Support for the Environment

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

Idling laws, inconvenient climate truths, radiating trees