Lesley Clark is a Reporter at E&E News. She covers climate change law both in the U.S. and internationally, with a focus on topics such as climate policy, energy sustainability, and environmental litigation. Lesley's work has been featured in Scientific American, Yahoo News, and POLITICO, among other outlets.
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Lesley Clark's coverage primarily revolves around legal policy regulation and government announcements, with a specific focus on climate change, activism, lawsuits, the oil industry, Supreme Court cases and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Given her heavy emphasis on legal aspects of climate-related issues and government policies, she is likely to be interested in pitches that provide expert analysis or insider perspectives related to ongoing environmental litigation or regulatory developments.
Considering her focus on government & politics as well as business & industry themes within the context of climate change and legal action, Lesley may also be open to insights from political figures involved in environmental policymaking or representatives from businesses directly impacted by such regulations.
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A new law will make the nation the first to block legal claims seeking corporate accountability for global warming.
By: Jason Plautz, Lesley Clark
Three states in the past year have made it harder for trial lawyers and environmental groups to sue fossil fuel companies over global warming.
The Environmental Defense Fund says the administration lacks authority to shutter a research facility that helps with storm preparation.
A divided panel of judges has stopped a lower court from forcing EPA to pay $2.8 billion in climate grants that the Trump administration rescinded.
The move could undercut the legal theory the administration is relying on to block climate lawsuits from advancing in state courts.
The conservative justice had previously resisted calls from environmentalists to recuse himself.
By: Lesley Clark, Corbin Hiar, Chelsea Harvey
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
The ruling could define the reach of state law nationwide and determine whether local governments can put oil companies on the hook for climate costs.
Alito’s recusal from the case has the potential to result in a tied ruling in a battle over oil companies’ liability to pay for climate impacts.
The U.S. may lag the world on climate action, but it's the epicenter for climate litigation.
