Regulatory Policy Director
Jack Lienke is the regulatory policy director at the Institute for Policy Integrity and an adjunct professor at NYU School of Law, where he co-teaches the Regulatory Policy Clinic. Jack is a co-author, with Richard L. Revesz, of Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the ‘War on Coal’ (Oxford University Press 2016). His writing has also appeared in a variety of news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Mother Jones, The Hill, and Grist. Before joining Policy Integrity, Jack worked as a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in Manhattan and as a law clerk to the Honorable Janet C. Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Jack holds a J.D., cum laude, from NYU School of Law, and a B.A., with general honors, from Vassar College.
Bar Admissions: State Bar of New York | U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Follow him on Twitter at @jacklienke, or email him at jack.lienke@nyu.edu.
Books
Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the ‘War on Coal’ (Oxford University Press 2016) (with Richard Revesz)
Op-Eds
Trump’s changes to Title X put the health of low-income women in danger — The Los Angeles Times, March 2019
EPA expands Clean Air Act loopholes for coal plants — The Hill, September 2018 (with Richard Revesz)
The E.P.A.’s Smoke and Mirrors on Climate — The New York Times, October 2017 (with Richard Revesz)
Here’s how the EPA can help states with their smog problems — The Washington Post, May 2017 (with Richard Revesz)
Now we know Scott Pruitt isn’t serious about fighting smog — Grist, April 2017
Trump wants to block a court ruling on the Clean Power Plan. The court shouldn’t let him. — Grist, April 2017
Has Scott Pruitt had a change of heart about ozone pollution? — Grist, March 2017
Fact checking opponents of the Clean Power Plan — The Hill, November 2016 (with Denise Grab and Richard Revesz)
Here’s why supporters of the Clean Power Plan are feeling optimistic — Grist, October 2016
Footnote 7 and the Clean Power Plan — ACS Blog, September 2016 (with Denise Grab and Richard Revesz)
Learning from the Clean Air Act’s Tragic Flaw – POWER, June 2016 (with Richard Revesz)
The Tragic Flaw of the Clean Air Act – RegBlog, May 2016 (with Richard Revesz)
Scalia’s death means Obama’s Clean Power Plan is more likely to succeed – Grist, February 2016
How Obama went from coal’s top cheerleader to its No. 1 enemy – Grist, February 2016
Obama’s Clean Power Plan survives a legal challenge – Grist, January 2016
Nixon’s “environmental bandwagon”: Richard Nixon signed the landmark Clean Air Act of 1970 — but not because he had any great concern about the environment – Salon, January 2016 (with Richard Revesz)
Obama Takes a Crucial Step on Climate Change – The New York Times, August 2015 (with Richard Revesz)
Here’s why you shouldn’t worry about the Supreme Court’s latest environmental ruling – Grist, June 2015
What methane and Harrison Ford have in common – Grist, October 2014
Could a copy-editing error undermine Obama’s climate rule? – Grist, August 2014
Policy Briefs & Reports
No Turning Back: An Analysis of EPA’s Authority to Withdraw California’s Preemption Waiver Under Section 209 of the Clean Air Act (August 2018) (with Denise Grab, Jayni Hein, and Richard Revesz)
The Falling Cost of Clean Power Plan Compliance (October 2017) (with Denise Grab)
Setting the Record Straight on the Clean Power Plan: What the Challengers Got Wrong at the D.C. Circuit Oral Argument (October 2016) (with Richard Revesz & Denise Grab)
Bounded Regulation: How the Clean Power Plan Conforms to Statutory Limits on EPA’s Authority (September 2016) (with Richard Revesz & Denise Grab)
Regulating Greenhouse Gas Pollution from Existing Power Plants: The State of the Debate (May 2014) (with Jason Schwartz)
Shifting Gears: A New Approach to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector (April 2014) (with Jason Schwartz)
Academic Articles
Familiar Territory: A Survey of Legal Precedents for the Clean Power Plan (December 2015)
Litigation
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Maryland v. EPA, No. 18-1285 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 5, 2019) (supporting challenge to EPA’s denial of interstate-pollution petitions from Maryland and Delaware)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs’ Second Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment, Bauer v. DeVos, No. 17-1330 (D.D.C. May 11, 2018) (supporting challenge to Department of Education’s repeated delays of Borrower Defense Rule)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen, No. 18-485 (2d Cir. Apr. 11, 2018) (supporting challenge to Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees’ Principal and Response Briefs, Regents of the Univ. of California v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Security, No. 18-15068 (9th Cir. Mar. 20, 2018) (supporting challenge to rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, Open Communities Alliance v. Carson, No. 17-cv-2192 (D.D.C. Nov. 13, 2017) (supporting challenge to suspension of HUD’s Small Area Fair Market Rent Rule)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA, No. 16-1127 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 25, 2017) (opposing challenge to EPA’s supplemental finding that regulating power plants’ mercury emissions under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act is “appropriate and necessary”)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, North Dakota v. EPA, No. 15-1381 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 21, 2016) (opposing challenge to greenhouse gas performance standards for new and modified power plants)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA, No. 15-1385 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 4, 2016) (opposing challenge to 2015 national ambient air quality standards for ozone)
Brief of the Institute for Policy Integrity as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, West Virginia v. EPA, No. 15-1363 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 1, 2016) (opposing challenge to Clean Power Plan)
