consultancy firms offering specialist advice on energy saving/compliance.”45 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has passed a series of “self-audit” regulations that require businesses to monitor their own activities to ensure that they are in compliance with complex regulations. That, of course, requires regulatory expertise—jobs for ex-regulators.46 One government official explained in 2009, “The best opportunities should be in consulting services . . . in response to a growing demand for professionals to prepare environmental impact statements.”
