Initially, local governments had great difficulty cooperating on efforts to preserve a clean environment. For example, neighboring states negligence would thwart another state s clean air efforts. In 2025, it has become clear that regional cooperation is the only way state and local governments can effectively protect the nation s environment and natural resources. Corporations briefly took advantage of the end of the EPA to recklessly conduct production. Eventually, corporations have begun to police themselves as natural resources dwindle and as it has become economically beneficial to recycle waste.
Corporations now cooperate with non-profit agencies and local governments on ecological endeavors.
In order to support the needs of employees and to insure properly trained future employees, many corporations have formed schools for primary education. Local governments maintain primary education curriculums for non-corporate children although most classes are taught over computers. Traditional colleges and universities have suffered large economic cuts and have shrunk in number and size. Corporations conduct most research and development, thus college and universities can no longer attract the brilliant minds that once flocked to these institutions. Many colleges have redefined their role as educational institutions, acting as consultants to corporations to create retraining and certifications programs.