2016 Printing Industry Environmental Outlook

摘要

In 2016, expect more hot air than clean air coming from Washington. Congress, the Obama Administration, and federal agencies will continue to be locked in a battle over the Clean Power Plan, considered fundamental by many in the Administration to the President's environmental legacy. Without the votes to overcome a Presidential veto, the Republican-controlled Congress, which is openly hostile to the Clean Power Plan, will focus its efforts on limiting the Clean Power Plan's impact through the federal budget process. Between the divided government, political maneuvering in advance of the 2016 elections, and prolonged and repeated budget stalemates, little or no new environmental legislation will be introduced (let alone become law). The one notable exception is that the multi-year effort to reform the forty-year old Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) may finally come to fruition, as chemical management and safety reform is one of the few environmental issues with bipartisan and industry support.