Gary Guzy Email & Phone Number

Gary Guzy is Senior of Counsel at the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. He is a member of the firm’s environmental, clean energy, public policy, and government affairs practices and serves as co-chair of the firm's Clean Energy Industry Group. He is actively involved in pro bono work to protect National Monuments. In addition, Gary serves as the Chair of the Board of the Rock Creek Conservancy, a Washington, DC-based conservation organization, and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy. Gary previously served as Deputy Director and General Counsel of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. He helped develop and guide the Obama Administration’s environmental, public health, and clean energy agenda, spearheading negotiations that achieved the historic agreement to double motor vehicle fuel efficiency standards and significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions with the support of automobile manufacturers, states, labor unions, environmental and consumer groups, and Congress. Additionally, he has assisted in resolving NEPA controversies at dozens of complicated sites.During the Clinton Administration, Gary was General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Counselor to the EPA Administrator. He served as a member of the Administrator’s senior policy team, setting regulatory, legislative, and communications strategy. He led efforts to protect children’s environmental health, develop and defend new air quality and motor vehicle standards, defend EPA from Congressional oversight investigations, and protect iconic ecosystems such as the Everglades and Yellowstone National Park. He also authored climate change opinions that were ratified by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark decision finding that greenhouse gases are pollutants under federal law.Mr. Guzy has also served as the chief legal officer, sustainability officer, and climate strategist for a variety of business organizations.

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