Description
Environmental Business Journal, Volume 38 Numbers 5/6: Q2 2025 EBJ Review of First 150 Days of Trump II
Environmental Business Journal® takes a mid-2025 assessment and reviews the first 150 days of the Trump II administration from numerous sources and perspectives. Taking the pulse of the industry before inauguration was overwhelmingly optimistic, but after the first 50 days showed considerable alarm 2nd quarter. A new EBJ survey highlights the reversal and indicates environmental companies are reconciling to a ‘new normal’ yet still finding client sectors and service in demand. Key issues impacting short- and long-term forecasts are given more thorough analysis in dedicated sections on PFAS policy and markets, and NEPA reform that follow executive Q&As on the expected and unexpected so far from the Trump transition and strategies and tactics being undertaken.
Table of Contents
EBJ’s review of the first 150 days of the Trump Administration reveals a wide spread of impacts concerning environmental executives, but many have adjusted or are still preparing for a new normal; EBJ survey on the impact of first 150 days on 2025-2026 revenues shows the shock of Q1 and adjustment in Q2 but a wary outlook.
Clean Harbors Maintains Leading Position in the Unpredictable But Growing Emergency Response Market………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
AtkinsRéalis Acquires David Evans Adding 1,250 Employees And Expertise In Transportation and Infrastructure Design & Disaster Staffing…………………………………………………….. 10
WSP Acquires Ricardo and 2,700 Experts in Infrastructure & Advisory………….. 12
Executive Opinions on Trump II Impacts on Markets and Market Drivers: Regional and National Perspective from Industry Representatives and Analysts; WSP Feels Tailwinds In American Energy, Power, Reshoring & Data Centers………………………………………………………….. 14-25
Observations from the PFAS Environmental Professionals Meeting;………… 26-41
Fenstermacher Stresses The Need to Overcome ‘Institutional Uncertainty’…. 26
SGS Quadruples Testing Capacity in America as EC & PFAS Demands Grow…… 28
Battelle Works Across the PFAS Spectrum in Testing, Consulting and R&D; Aims to Balance Federal Work with an Increase in Private Markets…………………………………………………… 30
Exhibits from the PFAS Environmental Professionals Meeting………………………. 32
Paustenbach Papers Raise Toxicology Questions About PFAS; Looks Forward to More Economical & Rational Approach; Koenigsberg Chronicles the History of the PFAS Environmental Professionals, Highlights Uncertainties in the Market…………………………………………………… 35-41
Ketos Technology Provides Real-Time Water Monitoring & Actionable Insights 42
NEPA: The ‘Widening Vacuum’ of NEPA Law; Supreme Court Rules on NEPA Reviews; Q&A Transcript with Breakthrough, K&L Gates, TRC & SWCA………………………………………….. 44-55
CEQA Changes Enacted in July 2025……………………………………………………………. 56
Brown and Caldwell Helps ‘Write The Book’ on Climate-Informed Design With Water Utility Climate Alliance 58
Exhibits in this Edition
EBJ Survey: 2025 Company Growth Forecasts & Comparison to 2024
Comparison of Growth & Forecast Responses in Three Successive EBJ Surveys: Q4 2024, Q1 2025 & Q2 2025
Ranking by Growth Prospects Environmental Markets by Client Category: 2024 vs. 2025 Surveys
Ranking of Market Drivers for Environmental Services in EBJ’s Q1 2025 Survey
Clean Harbors Revenues, 2018 to 2024
Changes in 30-Year PFAS Costs in EBJ Working Model, 2019-2025
Mean Human Blood PFAS Levels Decrease from 2000-2020
Companies & Entities in this Edition
Applied Power Concepts 40
AtkinsRéalis 10, 11
Battelle 30
Breakthrough Institute 48
Brown and Caldwell 57
ChemRisk 38
Clean Harbors 8, 9
David Evans and Associates 11
Department of Defense 33
Eli Lilly 38
Gryphon Investors 9
HEPACO 9
KETOS 42
K&L Gates LLP 46, 48
Koenigsberg and Associates 39
Mabbett & Associates 14
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. 57
Paustenbach & Associates 35
PRERNA 42
Purdue University 38
Ramboll 26
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission 57
Securities and Exchange Commission 54
Stauffer Chemical 38
SWCA 48
The Breakthrough Institute 45
TRC 35, 48
Trinity Consultants 15
University of Michigan 38
US Department of Justice 47
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 22
U.S. Geological Survey 58
Water Research Foundation 58
Water Utility Climate Alliance 57
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