Department of Interior stated that it had no record of communications with Jeffrey Clark and Jeffrey Wood while they worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Balch & Bingham LLP, respectively. American Oversight asked for these records because Jeffrey Bossert Clark formerly worked as a British petroleum attorney and was a critic of climate change policy. He now serves as Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division. Jeffrey Wood was a former coal lobbyist who now serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

FOIA to U.S. Department of the Interior seeking lobbying communications from Jeffrey Clark or Jeffrey Wood prior to their government positions.