Word: ruckelshauses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...William Ruckelshaus, who replaced Burford at EPA, concedes it will be hard to defuse the issue. "Reagan's environmental image is hurt by the style and the approach of both my predecessor and [former Interior Secretary James] Watt," Ruckelshaus told TIME. "What happened here in the first couple of years of the Reagan Administration is not easy to defend...
...William Ruckelshaus, Environmental Protection Agency administrator...
...chemicals. As landfills close and air-pollution rules stiffen, the U.S. continues to produce some 275 million metric tons of poisonous wastes each year, and millions of metric tons still await disposal. Concerned citizens across the nation, although they agree that hazardous materials should be disposed of somewhere, answer Ruckelshaus' reasoning with the acronym NIMBY: Not in My Backyard...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Ruckelshaus promised action by August 1. August passed without an announcement. So did September. Finally, at a conference in mid-October, Ruckelshsus said there was to hope for quick action on acid rain. He told the group that the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources--a White House task force--had twice vetoed his proposals, and that he found "we were dealing with a very big, very controversial action...
...last plan proposed by EPA Administrator Ruckelshaus would have reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by 3.4 million tons (less than a third of the environmentalists demands) at a cost of $1.5 to $2.5 billion. Budget Director David Stockman says that even such a modest program is too expensive. He flippantly charges that such a plan would cost taxpayers "$5000 a fish...