Unpopular President Donald Trump may be slow to do the basic job of the Executive Branch of our government, but when he does, he doesn’t even attempt to dress up his wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a lawyer who has repeatedly challenged the scientific foundations of U.S. climate policy and was part of a legal team that represented BP in lawsuits stemming from the nation's worst oil spill, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, was nominated by President Donald Trump on Tuesday to serve as the Justice Department's top environmental lawyer.
Clark, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis, has represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in lawsuits challenging the federal government's authority to regulate carbon emissions. In court he has repeatedly argued that it is inappropriate to base government policymaking on the scientific consensus presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Clark’s resume includes attacking the Clean Air Act and climate change science, and of course he helped defend BP during some of their endless “legal challenges” in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the effects of which are very much still with us today. Clark is also listed in The Federalist Society in their “Experts” section.
Mr. Clark's practice operates at all levels — appellate litigation, trial court litigation, agency proceedings, and regulatory and litigation counseling.
Substantively, Mr. Clark has experience with antitrust, bankruptcy, communications, complex civil litigation, constitutional law, class actions, environmental, intellectual property, and labor. For instance, in the environmental area, he has extensive experience involving the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, NEPA, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, among many others.
It’s like the Devil’s resume.