EPA's FY18 Budget Plan Raises Doubts On Fate Of Voluntary Programs

The Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget proposals have raised new questions about the status of EPA as a catalyst for voluntary public-private partnerships in the service of environmental goals, a fight that observers say goes beyond the administration's stated effort to rein in regulations and is prompting concern from some industries about talk of the programs' elimination. “EPA has always needed a positive agenda that didn't involve restraining [or] criminalizing [activities],” says a former official, adding that the agency...