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Jim Marston
Senior Attorney, Director, Director - Environmental Defence, Texas Regional Office, State Climate Initiatives
USA

Jim Marston is the founding director of the Texas office of Environmental Defense, located in Austin, where he has served since its beginning in 1988. The office includes scientists, attorneys, economists, and policy analysts who address some of the most complex and difficult environmental issues related to climate and air, water, wildlife, oceans, and environmental health. Jim leads Environmental Defense's efforts on environmental policy in Texas, setting program and policy agenda on issues including air pollution, water quality, and energy. He recently led the successful fight to stop TXU from building a dozen coal plants in Texas and other states, and ultimately negotiated a first-of-its-kind deal with private equity buyers involving more than a dozen commitments on global warming.

Jim also holds the position of state climate initiatives director, working in states from the west coast to New England to Florida that are initiating legislation and regulation to reduce the emission of global warming gases. He has worked closely with policymakers in California on the passage of AB32, the first state legislation with a cap on statewide emissions of greenhouse gases.

Background
J.D., New York University, Root-Tilden Scholar

Partner, Doggett, Jacks, Marston, & Perlmutter (1980-1988)
Operations manager, Doggett for U.S. Senate (1984)
Assistant attorney general, State of Texas, Environmental Protection Division (1978-1980)

Currently, Jim is president of the Texas League of Conservation Voters and president of the board of directors of the Texas Observer. He serves on the board of the Texas Environmental Research Consortium, the executive committee of the Central Texas Clean Air Force, and the TXU Sustainable Energy Advisory Board. He is former chair of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board, Presidential Advisory Committee, former president of Texas Citizens Action, and former vice-chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission. He has served on the boards of Texas Watch, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Green-e, and numerous other advisory boards for the State of Texas, the City of Austin, electric utilities, and a university.