Whitman Appointment Seen as Signal of Moderate Stance on Environment
WASHINGTON — Don’t expect to see a radical retreat from existing environmental policies at the federal level following George W. Bush’s inauguration as president, say interested observers of the nation’s environmental and regulatory establishment.
Instead, industries affected by environmental laws and regulations should look for more subtle shifts in policies and programs, such as a greater emphasis on the costs, benefits and effectiveness of environmental controls. That’s the view offered by one veteran observer of federal-government machinations, National Paint & Coatings Association Vice President and General Counsel Thomas J. Graves.