Celebrate Water on June 8th!

Join CELP for our Annual Fundraiser and Help us Honor Professor William H. Rodgers and Representative Derek Stanford

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington’s waters through education, policy reform, agency advocacy, and public interest litigation.

Why Water Matters

Water is our most finite and precious natural resource. Yet, we are failing to protect this life-sustaining resource, and depleting our rivers and aquifers.

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How We Work

We use our expertise in water law and policy to advocate for sustainable stewardship of Washington’s ground and surface waters.

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Cleaning up Spokane River PCB pollution

News Release – June 6, 2016 EPA challenged over failures to clean up Spokane River PCB pollution Contact – Rachael Paschal Osborn (Sierra Club, Center for Environmental Law & Policy) 509.954-5641 rdpaschal@earthlink.net Richard Smith (Smith & Lowney, PLLC) 206.860-2124 rasmithwa@igc.org Dan Von Seggern (Center for Environmental Law & Policy) 206.829-8299 dvonseggern@celp.org Ted Knight (Spokane Tribe […]

Prof. Bill Rodgers and Rep. Derek Stanford to be honored

News Release – Event on June 8 National leader in environmental law, UW’s Bill Rodgers, and Rep. Derek Stanford to be honored for water protection UW Law Professor honored for lifetime’s work as legal scholar, willingness to challenge polluters, protect environment and Indians’ fishing rights Rep. Stanford honored for leadership in Legislature to […]