The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the Executive Office of the President that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices on the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law that promotes the enhancement of the environment and established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The law was enacted on January 1,1970. To date,more than 100 nations around the world have enacted national environmental policies modeled after NEPA.
Thomas Aquinas College is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college with its main campus in Ventura County,California. A second campus opened in Northfield,Massachusetts in 2018. Its education is based on the Great Books and seminar method. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. It is endorsed by The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College. In December 2017,the Thomas wildfire,the largest of the season's wildfires,started near and was named after the college.
Nancy Helen Sutley led the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for five years during the administration of Barack Obama. She was unanimously confirmed for that post by the United States Senate on January 22,2009. The CEQ coordinates federal environmental efforts and works with agencies other than White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives;the chair serves as the principal environmental policy advisor to the president.
Paul Charles Ney Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the General Counsel of the Department of Defense of the United States from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Acting General Counsel of the Navy and as the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Tennessee.
Amy Sauber Berman Jackson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Michael Francis Urbanski is the Chief United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Warren Neil Eggleston is an American lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President Barack Obama. Eggleston was the fourth person to hold this post during the Obama administration.
Executive Order 13766 is the second executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Signed on January 24,2017,this order establishes a new system by which to fast-track the construction of infrastructure projects.
John Marshall Mitnick is an American lawyer who served as General Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security.
William Lynn "Chip" Campbell Jr. is an American attorney and judge. He serves as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Manisha Singh is an American attorney and government official who served as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs in the Trump administration until January 20,2021. She previously also served as acting under secretary of state for economic growth,energy,and the environment. In April 2020,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Singh to be the next United States representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,with the rank of ambassador. On January 3,2021,her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.
Mark Allen Klaassen is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming from 2017 to 2021.
Robert Shelden Brewer Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2019 to 2021.
Bridget Anne Shelton Bade is an American lawyer and jurist from Arizona. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.
Steven Daniel Grimberg is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
William Douglas Hyslop was an American attorney who served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Washington from 2019 to 2021. He previously served in the position from 1991 to 1993.
William Stephen Muldrow is an American lawyer who serves as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He was previously an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.
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.
