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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.

Tongass National Forest, Alaska
December 18, 2017

Saving Alaska’s Ancient Trees

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Alaska Office

As my family and others decorate our Christmas trees, some of their oldest-remaining ancestors are at risk of being chopped down.

Dana Baiocco
November 7, 2017

Trump’s Consumer Advocate Nominee Often Fights Consumers

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Northeast Office & Policy and Legislation Team

Industry attorney Dana Baiocco is just the latest in a series of Trump picks that put people at the helm of regulatory agencies they have spent their careers attacking.

Farmers in Iowa, like Seth Watkins shown here feeding his cows, are restoring the land and climate by combining age-old practices with new knowledge.
October 26, 2017

Happy Cows and Tighty-Whitey Tests: Welcome to the Future of Farming

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

Farmers in Iowa are restoring the land and climate by combining age-old practices with new knowledge. Earthjustice is devising a strategy to accelerate this shift to climate-friendly agriculture.

Muchos muebles y productos para niños contienen retardantes de fuego; una comisión federal ha solicitado prohibir todas aquellas que son nocivas para los humanos.
October 23, 2017

Tras la presión de organizaciones civiles, comisión federal accede restringir retardantes de fuego nocivos para la salud

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Northeast Office

La reciente decisión de la Comisión Federal de Seguridad de Productos para el Consumidor puede ser un parteaguas para regular productos tóxicos en productos del hogar y proteger la salud pública.

girl on couch with toys on floor
October 19, 2017

In First for Consumer Safety, Federal Commission Moves to Ban Entire Class of Toxic Flame Retardants

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Toxic Exposure & Health Program

The chemical industry’s oft-used ploy of substituting one bad chemical for another may finally be on its way out.

Oil and gas operations near residential areas in Colorado. 80 percent of voters in Western states support cutting methane waste on public lands, according to a 2016 poll by Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project.
October 5, 2017

We’re Suing the Trump Administration for Delaying Protections Against Methane. Again.

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Headquarters Office

The Trump administration is trying to delay environmental rules that it and polluting industries dislike, but the courts aren’t having it.

Under administrator Scott Pruitt, the EPA is preventing people from receiving what should be public information.
October 4, 2017

EPA’s Message to the Public: Stop Talking Because We’re Not Listening

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Clean Energy Program

Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans was preparing to leave her house for an evening workout last month when her phone rang with a call from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Las bolsas de comida para tu perro y gato podrían estar hechas en parte por químicos tóxicos. Ayuda a esta investigación mandando una muestra al Instituto de Políticas para las Ciencias Verdes.
September 29, 2017

Cuidado, la bolsa de comida de tu mascota puede ser tóxica

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Northeast Office & Policy and Legislation Team

Todo mundo sabe las consecuencias por darle demasiada comida humana a tu mascota: engorda y su popó huele mucho peor.

Tom Waldo, one of the legal architects of Earthjustice's Roadless Rule strategy, walks through a field of fireweed near Juneau, Alaska.
September 28, 2017

Earthjustice wins 16-year-long battle to protect 50 million acres of forests

By Jessica A. Knoblauch  /  Alaska Office

Latest court ruling upholds Roadless Rule protections for almost 50 million acres of wild lands.

Earthjustice is petitioning for a ban on the use of neonictinoids in wildlife refuges in California like the Ash Creek Wildlife Area in Big Valley.
September 20, 2017

Wildlife Refuges Are No Place for a Bee-Killing Pesticide

By Jessica A. Knoblauch

It’s time for the California Fish and Game Commission to ban neonictinoids—a toxic, bee-killing pesticide that can also kill a songbird with a single dose.