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Encyclopedia > Council on Environmental Quality

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is a division of the White House that coordinates federal environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives. North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


Congress established the CEQ within the Executive Office of the President as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Additional responsibilities were provided by the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970. Look up Congress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The National Environmental Policy Act (or, NEPA) was signed into law on January 1, 1970 by US President Richard Nixon. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...


The Council's current chairman, James L. Connaughton, was appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Former chairmen include James Speth. James L. Connaughton is the current Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Connaughton is also a former lobbyist for utilities, mining, and chemical companies. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...


The CEQ reports annually to the President on the state of the environment; oversees federal agency implementation of the environmental impact assessment process; and acts as a referee when agencies disagree over the adequacy of such assessments.


Staff links to industry

There has been concern over links between staff members and industry. The organisation was described as "a hard-line group of advisers with close links to the US oil industry".[1]



CEQ chairman James L. Connaughton was formerly a partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP[2], where he lobbyed to reduce government regulation on behalf of clients including the Aluminum Company of America and the Chemical Manufacturers Association of America.[3][4] James L. Connaughton is the current Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Connaughton is also a former lobbyist for utilities, mining, and chemical companies. ... Sidley Austin LLP, formerly known as Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, is a large US-based corporate law firm with over 1500 lawyers across the US and world. ... This article is about the company. ... The American Chemistry Council is an Industry trade group for American chemical companies. ...



Former CEQ chief of staff Philip Cooney, was previously a lobbyist with the American Petroleum Institute.[5] In June 2005, the New York Times published a memo internal to the CEQ which showed he had repeatedly edited government climate reports in order to play down links between emissions and global warming. Cooney, who says he had been planning to resign for two years, resigned two days later "to spend more time with his family." [6] Immediately after resigning, Mr. Cooney went to work for ExxonMobil in their public affairs department.[7] Philip Cooney is the former chief of staff for President George W. Bushs Council on Environmental Quality and a former energy industry lobbyist. ... Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ... The American Petroleum Institute, commonly referred to as API, is the main U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry, representing about 400 corporate members involved in all aspects of the industry. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, USA, is the largest publicly traded integrated oil and gas company in the world, formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ...


Notes and references

  1. ^ "Links to oil industry," BBC
  2. ^ "Connaughton Whitehouse bio," whitehouse.gov
  3. ^ "Connaughton EarthJustice profile," earthjustice.org
  4. ^ "Earth Shakers: The Counter-Enviro Power List," Outside Magazine
  5. ^ "Lobbyist for API," New York Times
  6. ^ "Cooney resignation," New York Times
  7. ^ "Cooney move to ExxonMobil," The Guardian

See also

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Agencies under the Executive Office of the President

White House Chief of Staff
Deputy White House Chief of Staff • White House Press Secretary • White House Counsel • White House Office of Presidential Communications • White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting • White House Office • White House Office of the Executive Clerk • Office of Management and Budget • National Security Council • Homeland Security Council • Office of the United States Trade Representative • Office of National Drug Control Policy • Council of Economic Advisers • Council on Environmental Quality • Domestic Policy Council • National Economic Council • Office of Administration • Office of Advance • Office of Scheduling • White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives • United States Office of National AIDS Policy • Office of Science and Technology Policy • President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board • President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board • USA Freedom Corps • White House Military Office The Global 2000 Report to the President was released in 1981 by the Council on Environmental Quality. ... The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. ... Joshua B. Bolten, the current White House Chief of Staff. ... The Deputy White House Chief of Staff is the top aide to the White House Chief of Staff, who is the senior aide to the President of the United States. ... The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level. ... The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. ... The White House Communications Director is responsible for developing and promoting the voice of the administration. ... The White House Office of the Executive Clerk was created in 1865. ... The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States which is tasked with coordinating United States Federal agencies. ... The National Security Council (NSC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. ... The Homeland Security Council (HSC) is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States and was created by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 (HSPD-1) on October 29, 2001. ... The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is an arm of the executive branch of the United States government that falls within the Executive Office of the President. ... The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act. ... The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is a group of economists set up to advise the President of the United States. ... The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering domestic policy matters, excluding economic matters which are the domain of the National Economic Council. ... The National Economic Council (NEC) is a United States government agency. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) is a department under the Office of the President of the United States that was established by President George W. Bush through Executive Order on January 29, 2001, and which represents one of the key domestic policies of Bush... Congress established Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. ... The Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. ... George W. Bush speaks in front of a USA Freedom Corps display. ... The Director of the White House Military Office (WHMO) is the principal advisor to the White House for all military support. ...


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