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Bio:

As a senior attorney and the Director of NRDC's Clean Air Program, I work on national legislation, litigation and Environmental Protection Agency rulemakings that will have the greatest impact on ensuring clean air for all Americans.  My work focuses on reducing smog, soot and toxic air pollution from power plants, factories, vehicles and other sources.  I frequently challenge EPA rulemakings in federal court for running afoul of the Clean Air Act and failing to protect the public.  I joined NRDC in 2000 from EPA's Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C., where I worked as a clean air attorney for over three years. Prior to that, I worked as an associate attorney at a private law firm in Washington.  I graduated from Harvard Law School in 1993, and graduated with a B.A. from Duke University in 1990.

Roots in:

South Carolina, east coast

Favorite place:

South Carolina Lowcountry, anywhere with my wife and son and daughter

Why "environmentalism" matters:

There's nothing more basic for me than healthy air, water and food, for this generation and future ones.

Recent Blog Posts

• Coal Plant Developers Confront The Future of CO2 Controls -- And Freak. (July 2, 2008)
• Science Decider in Chief (March 17, 2008)
• The Mercury Fallout Continues (February 19, 2008)
• F.A.Q. About the Court Decision Overturning EPA’s Illegal Mercury Rule for Power Plants (February 10, 2008)
• On “average,” there is no air pollution (October 16, 2007)
• The Two Faces of Steve (October 15, 2007)
• Good Government at EPA (October 10, 2007)
• EPA: "Toxic Air Pollution? Cancer? Whatever." (August 23, 2007)
• Cheney and the Politics of Air Pollution (June 28, 2007)
• Smog, EPA and NAM (June 21, 2007)

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