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Ben Dunham
Founder & Principal Attorney
Ben counsels clients on regulatory and legislative matters across energy, environment, tax, and trade. He has been quoted by the New York Times, Washington Post, the AP, and the New Yorker, and has appeared on the CBS Evening News and national radio. He is an active member of the Washington, DC bar.
Representative matters
A record of moving hard issues
Built and represented a coalition of 40+ NGOs, labor unions, and companies — authorizing a clean energy program in the Energy Act of 2020, $2.4B in BIL appropriations, and $700M plus PTC/ITC eligibility in the IRA.
Passed bipartisan legislation to decarbonize steel production in the CHIPS and Science Act.
Advocated successfully for sustainable-chemistry eligibility across numerous IRA programs.
Kept EPA’s Safer Choice program running through the Trump Administration.
Advised a consumer product manufacturer on a legal framework for aggressively addressing plastic waste.
Secured Part I and Part II approvals for a renewable chemical manufacturer’s DOE loan guarantee.
Before Dunham Law
On the Hill and in the field
U.S. Senate
Chief Counsel & Legislative Director to the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.); directed the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health.
TSCA reform
Negotiated the first bipartisan bill to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Earthjustice
Senior Legislative Counsel, Environmental Health practice group.
Environment America
Global Warming Staff Attorney.