The Common Sense Initiative An Industry Sector Approach for Protecting the Environment Support for environmental protection has never been stronger in this country.
American citizens demonstrate concern and support for the environment.
CSI represents a new approach for EPA in creating policies and environmental management solutions that relate to industry sectors. As such, they offer excellent opportunities to test and refine CSI concepts, to create environmental solutions that can operate across industries, and to expand CSI to other relevant sectors. Sector teams and work groups meet frequently to discuss progress in the various projects underway, policy considerations, and other issues. Team decisions, issues and data are forwarded to the CSI Council, comprised of high-level decisionmakers from all the stakeholder groups and across all involved industries. While America has much to be proud of over the past 25 years, we are left with difficult problems - an unwieldy system of laws and regulations that often breeds conflict and gridlock, and an adversarial relationship between the concepts of a cleaner environment and a healthy economy.