Speculation from many experts seemed to suggest that a change in administrations in the United States would bring a change in environmental policy no matter which one was elected. As congressional leaders argued over the economy and what brought nearly every nation to the brink of financial ruin, there seemed to be an underlying theme that more regulation would be needed. Some feared and some cheered at the prospects that attitude might spill over into the environmental industry and result in increased regulatory oversight. Now, there is some thinking that in order to save money and reduce costs, maybe it would be better to reduce governmental oversight and loosen restrictive rules in order to provide more impetus to market growth. This is our first set of blogs and I was wondering just what thoughts visitors to our website had on this topic. Should money be the main factor in determining the level of oversight? Are we getting too lax and need additional oversight? Is there too much oversight and we are strangling productivity? There are so many questions. What are your thoughts?