Justice Department Environment Chief to Lead Civil Division (1)

The head of the Justice Department’s environmental team will helm the agency’s Civil Division starting next week.

Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) will replace Acting Assistant Attorney General Ethan P. Davis of the Civil Division. Davis is leaving the department Sept. 7, the department announced Tuesday.

Clark, a political appointee, has led ENRD since his Senate confirmation in late 2018. He’s left a mark on the team of more than 500 attorneys and staff during that time—championing the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda and revamping policies that guide environmental settlements and ...