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Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 667-4500
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Our Washington, D.C., office collaborates with and complements the work of local, regional and national groups working to safeguard public health and the environment in the Mid-Atlantic region and nationwide. See bar admissions for our attorneys.
Washington, D.C., is where our nation’s most important environmental laws are made. Established in 1978, Earthjustice's Washington, D.C., office defends and strengthens national standards for clean air and clean water, and safeguards public health in the mid-Atlantic region.
A sampling of the Washington, D.C.'s office's work includes:
The Washington, D.C. office works at the federal level to strengthen air quality standards across the nation. More protective standards will also force adoption of the more stringent pollution controls in the national capital region, to the benefit of its millions of residents.
For decades, the Anacostia River has suffered the effects of an antiquated sewer system, urban runoff, and stormwater pollution. Earthjustice’s legal work has been critical to reversing decades of neglect and putting the river on a path to a cleaner future. Earthjustice is committed to an Anacostia River fully restored to the outstanding natural resource it once was, by securing stronger efforts to curb stormwater pollution, addressing toxic pollution in the Anacostia riverbed, defending the gains we have made against combined sewer overflows, securing a stronger cap on trash pollution in the Anacostia River, and more.
In Maryland and across the country, energy investment and policy decisions are being made today that will shape our future for decades to come. Now is the time to reduce our reliance on dirty energy resources and ramp up investment in clean energy resources, including what should be our country’s first fuel, energy efficiency, for the benefit of all communities. In collaboration with our partners, Earthjustice works to ensure state utilities tap the potential for significant energy savings across all customer sectors.
Breathing ozone is linked to an array of serious health impacts, including bronchitis, asthma attacks, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and premature deaths. Coal-fired power plants are Maryland’s largest individual sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx), one of the pollutants that causes ground-level ozone.
Industrialization, sewage, and both urban and agricultural runoff have transformed Chesapeake Bay from a once vibrant and thriving ecosystem, into a heavily polluted waterway where health advisories against swimming or eating local seafood are the norm. Though there have been some improvements, due in part to the work of Earthjustice and our partners, much more remains to be done to restore this ecosystem to health, by reducing stormwater pollution, preventing sediment pollution in the Upper Chesapeake Bay, reducing trash in our waterways, addressing nutrient pollution, protecting local streams, and more.
