About Us

Research

Investigating problems and crafting solutions.

Protecting the air we breathe. Every American should be able to breathe clean air. But smog pollution from power plants and vehicles puts the health of our children and families at risk. Our report, Trouble in the Air, shone a light on the smoggiest cities and counties across the country, and recommended solutions for cleaning up our air.

Education

Educating the public and making our voices heard.

Restoring the Chesapeake Bay to health. Pollution from factory farms and rampant development creates a dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay every summer where wildlife cannot survive—but a new EPA cleanup plan will set tough limits on big polluters. Our staff in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland spoke to tens of thousands of people in the Chesapeake Bay area to build support for the plan, and are pushing state officials to join the EPA in enforcing strong pollution limits.

 

Our staff

Our board of directors

Wendy Wendlandt, Chair

Luke Metzger, Secretary

Johanna Neumann, Treasurer

Bernadette Del Chiaro, Director

Doug Phelps, Director

Sujatha Jahagirdar Bergen, Director

Amanda Read, Director

Foundation support

Environment America and Environment America Research & Policy Center would like to thank the following foundations and organizations for supporting our work in fiscal year 2019: Barr Foundation, Blossom Fund, Clean Water for All, Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, Energy Foundation, Energy Action Fund, the John Merck Fund, League of Conservation Voters,  Natural Resources Defense Council, NEO Philanthropy Action Fund, Inc., the New-Land Foundation, Park Foundation, Prentice Foundation, Scherman Foundation, Sixteen Thirty Fund, the Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation, Tides Advocacy, US Climate Action Network, Western Conservation Action, and Western Conservation Foundation.

More ways to give

Environment America Research & Policy Center gratefully accept bequests, beneficiary designations of IRAs and life insurance, and gifts of securities to support our work. Your gift will assure that we can continue to protect America’s air, water and open spaces for future generations.

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IRS Form 990

You can view our most recent IRS form 990 here.