‘93/’94 Year-End Review and Outlook : Industry Outlook : Continuing low-grade growth in the national economy, coupled with hopes for stability--if not expansion--in California, is the backdrop for the year in business. Here is an assessment of key industries’ prospects.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES: Efforts to export U.S. technology could take up some--but not enough--of the slack as a sluggish economy and manufacturers’ efforts to cut hazardous-waste liabilities leave big waste-management companies and environmental engineering firms scrambling for customers.