Much has been written in the environmental and sustainability world about the impacts of the change in administrative priorities since the election of 2024. However, although individual technical or administrative initiatives may experience challenges, it is important for safety, environmental, and sustainability professionals to remain focused on the fundamentals of EHS compliance management. In point of fact: 

• No environmental or safety laws have been eliminated or reduced; 
• Governments, investors, customers, and accrediting organizations are still focused on ESG and other non-financial corporate reporting; 
• Day-to-day industrial and commercial operations still contain inherent risks which must be managed, mitigated, and reported; and, 
• Corporations, governments, and organizations still measure operations by data capture, analysis, and reporting. 

On February 4, 2025, the U.S. EPA Press Office released a newsletter outlining the agency’s priorities – named the “Powering the Great American Comeback” Initiative, detailing these 5 pillars: 

• Pillar 1: Clean Air, Land, and Water for Every American 
• Pillar 2: Restore American Energy Dominance 
• Pillar 3: Permitting Reform, Cooperative Federalism, and Cross-Agency Partnership 
• Pillar 4: Make the United States the Artificial Intelligence Capital of the World 
• Pillar 5: Protecting and Bringing Back American Auto Jobs 

How can Locus Technologies help your organization transition for the near and long-term? 

Maybe a better question is: how can Locus help your organization keep doing the same thing it has always done, only better? Let’s break this question down one pillar at a time… 

Pillar 1: Clean Air, Land, and Water for Every American 

Nothing new here. Locus EIM is the premier lab data management, sample planning, and reporting software for soil and water, including radionuclide sampling. EIM is a tried-and-true program that has lasted the test of time and is used by a wide array of private industry and governmental clients. 

Locus Platform has a broad suite of applications including air emissions inventories, waste management, sustainable construction, refrigerant management, incident management, among others; each application containing a wide range of reports and analytics. 

Pillar 2: Restore American Energy Dominance 

This pillar reads a lot like we’re going back to the days of coal-fired plants and gray skies, but the practical reality is much simpler. Whether or not the energy grid shifts from green to brown, a coal plant cannot be built or resurrected in a day, and EHS and sustainability professionals are still accountable to existing federal and state (provincial) laws, and ESG reporting frameworks mandated by investors, customers, and accrediting organizations. 

The Locus Platform ESG application imports operational data, performs greenhouse gas and other measured parameter calculations, and reports results and KPIs in conformance with published frameworks. 

Pillar 3: Permitting Reform, Cooperative Federalism, and Cross-Agency Partnership 

It all comes down to permits. Locus Platform’s permit management application integrates seamlessly across all Locus Platform applications to track permits, requirements, and notifications; and it assigns, manages, and tracks compliance tasks in the compliance dashboard. 

Pillar 4: Make the United States the Artificial Intelligence Capital of the World 

We’re right there with you! Locus Technologies has been on the forefront of integrating AI into its multitenant SaaS offerings. See here, here, here, and here! Keep a sharp lookout for more information about Locus initiatives to leverage AI technology to manage big data from IoT, improve data collection, transparency, analysis, and decision-making. 

Pillar 5: Protecting and Bringing Back American Auto Jobs 

No arguments here. In the final analysis, one of the huge reasons for Locus Technologies’ integrated software suites, whether Locus Platform, Locus EIM, or Locus Mobile, is to help corporations maintain compliance, conformance, and to help EHS and sustainability professionals manage their programs accurately and intuitively. 

Wrapping it up 

It’s easy to see that although U.S. EPA initiatives may have changed, the day-to-day requirements we all face have not changed; and throughout change, Locus Technologies is your constant ally in maintaining healthy, compliant EHS and sustainability programs. Schedule a demonstration or call us at +1 (650) 960-1640.