The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9,1970;it began operation on December 2,1970,after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.
Theodore Bevry Olson was an American lawyer who served as the 42nd solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004 in the administration of President George W. Bush. He previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1981 to 1984 under President Ronald Reagan,and he was also a longtime partner at the law firm Gibson Dunn.
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,as well as numerous other environmental statutes. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.
United States environmental law concerns legal standards to protect human health and improve the natural environment of the United States.
Anne Irene McGill Gorsuch Burford,also known as Anne M. Gorsuch,was an American attorney and politician. Between 1981 and 1983,under President Ronald Reagan,she was the first woman to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her son is sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Neil Gorsuch.
Lisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position.
Edward Scott Pruitt is an American attorney,lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as the 14th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from February 17,2017,to July 9,2018,during the Donald Trump presidency,resigning while under at least 14 federal investigations. Pruitt denies the scientific consensus on climate change.
Linda Jane Fisher was a Vice President Safety,Health and Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer of DuPont.
The Tulane Environmental Law Clinic (TELC) is a legal clinic that Tulane Law School has operated since 1989 to offer law students the practical experience of representing real clients in actual legal proceedings under state and federal environmental laws.
John C. Dernbach is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on sustainable development,climate change,and environmental law. He is Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability at Widener University Commonwealth Law School and Director of its Environmental Law and Sustainability Center.
There are benefits to leaving environmental regulation both to the federal government to the states. For example,wildlife conservation is much more of a concern for Alaska than for New York. New York,however,has much bigger air and light pollution issues than Alaska.
Richard A. Hellman is an American environmental consultant,attorney,and the President of the Middle East Research Center Limited (MERCL). He was named among the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global 500 Roll of Honour. Hellman is also President of the Friends of UNEP,USA.
The Columbia Journal of Environmental Law is a student-run law review published at Columbia University's School of Law. The journal primarily publishes articles,notes,and book reviews discussing environmental law and policy and related subjects.
Catherine McCabe is a retired public administrator and environmental lawyer who served as acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January to February 2017 and commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection from January 2018 to January 2021.
Elsie Inez Virginia Smith Reid is a former judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and former Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia.
David Patrick Ross is an American environmental and land-use lawyer who served as the Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2018 to 2021. Prior to his EPA role,he was a Wisconsin assistant attorney general and director of the state's environmental-protection judicial unit.
Matthew Zane Leopold is an American attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and former government official who served as the Assistant Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to assuming this role,Leopold was a lawyer with the law firm of Carlton Fields.
William Ludwig Wehrum Jr. is an American attorney,lobbyist,and government official who served as Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Air and Radiation in the first Donald Trump administration.
John R. Quarles Jr. was an American attorney who served as the Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Brenda Mallory is an American lawyer specializing in environmental law who is the current chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Biden administration. She previously served as director of regulatory policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center,and helped lead the Climate 21 Project.
