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DOJ Renames Division, Hires Exxon Lawyer, Ignites Big Oil Alarm

7/7/2026

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Public Citizen says the division’s rename marks a full-scale capture of the federal government by Big Oil.
The Justice Department renamed its Environment Division to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and appointed former ExxonMobil counsel Robert Levy as senior counsel.
President Donald Trump’s administration gave $18 billion in oil-gas tax breaks, rolled back clean-energy incentives, and took 145 actions in its first 100 days to undo rules.

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Public Citizen says the division’s rename marks a full-scale capture of the federal government by Big Oil.
The Justice Department renamed its Environment Division to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and appointed former ExxonMobil counsel Robert Levy as senior counsel.
President Donald Trump’s administration gave $18 billion in oil-gas tax breaks, rolled back clean-energy incentives, and took 145 actions in its first 100 days to undo rules.