During his three years as chief of the Justice Department’s environment division, Todd Kim has helped secure record penalties against polluters, revive enforcement case numbers that had plummeted during the prior administration and build a new office dedicated to assisting vulnerable communities.
But he said his biggest source of pride is the work that he and his front office have done to support the staff of DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, or ENRD. That entails giving the division’s 600 employees the resources they need, making sure their advice is heard and letting them know they are valued, he said.
“We understand that what’s in the interest of the American people is to give the women and men of the Environment and Natural Resources Division the space and the support they need to do their jobs the way they want to do them,” said Kim, who on Thursday exited the role of assistant attorney general for ENRD.
Kim, who took charge of the division in late 2021, inherited a team whose morale had been rocked by allegations that their previous boss — Jeffrey Bossert Clark — had worked with Donald Trump to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election and urged his DOJ colleagues to help.
