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Jeffrey Bossert Clark (born April 17, 1967)[1] is an American lawyer. Currently a partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, he was confirmed as United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division on October 11, 2018.[2][3]
Education
Clark graduated from Harvard University, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and Russian/Soviet history in 1989. In 1993, he received a Master of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of Delaware in urban affairs and public policy. At Georgetown University Law Center, from which he received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1995, Clark was articles editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.[4]
Career
After graduating from law school, Clark clerked for Judge Danny J. Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Clark joined Kirkland & Ellis as a lawyer in 1996. He has been with the firm since then, excepting a period of service from 2001 to 2005 in the George W. Bush administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.[5] At Kirkland & Ellis, Clark represented the United States Chamber of Commerce in lawsuits challenging the federal government's authority to regulate carbon emissions and the Environmental Protection Agency's "endangerment finding".[6] From 2012 to 2015, he was an elected member of the Governing Council of the American Bar Association's Administrative Law Section.[4]
In June 2017, Clark was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.[2]
Views on Regulating Greenhouse Gasses
Clark has opposed regulation of greenhouse gasses.[7] Clark characterized US efforts to regulate greenhouse gasses as “reminiscent of kind of a Leninistic program from the 1920s to seize control of the commanding heights of the economy.”[8][9] Regarding the 2010 EPA finding on greenhouse gas emissions, Clark wrote in a blog: Vorlage:Quote
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- ↑ Jeffrey Bossert Clark (2018-Present)
- ↑ a b Vorlage:Cite press release
- ↑ Timothy Cama: Senate confirms climate skeptic to head DOJ environment office In: The Hill, October 11, 2018. Abgerufen im October 13, 2018
- ↑ a b Jeffrey Bossert Clark – Partner. Kirkland & Ellis, abgerufen am 21. Juni 2017.
- ↑ Cogan Schneier: Trump Announces Slate of Big Law Nominees for DOJ, Agency Posts, National Law Journal, June 6, 2017. Abgerufen im June 21, 2017
- ↑ Marianne Lavelle, John H. Cushman: Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer, Climate Policy Foe as Top DOJ Environment Attorney, InsideClimate News, June 6, 2017. Abgerufen im September 19, 2017
- ↑ Vorlage:Cite press release
- ↑ Vorlage:Cite AV media
- ↑ Marianne Lavelle: Senate Confirms BP Oil Spill Lawyer, Climate Policy Foe as Government's Top Environment Attorney, Inside Climate News, October 11, 2018. Abgerufen im October 13, 2018