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...proconsumer orientation. But the job sometimes makes the man. After drawing some initial criticism, a number of Nixon appointees have turned out to be eager and effective regulators. Among them: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William J. Casey (who is moving to the State Department), Environmental Protection Administrator William Ruckelshaus-and Kirkpatrick himself, who was originally opposed by some consumer groups as being too soft...
Already the President has angered some Governors and mayors by impounding the money that Congress has approved for such purposes as highway construction and pollution control. The City of New York is suing Environmental Protection Administrator William Ruckelshaus in federal court, charging that the impounding of water-pollution-control funds is illegal. Officials of other local governments are considering many such suits. They have raised a genuine legal question. Says one high Washington official: "Maybe we'll end up in jail, but we're still going to try to hold spending down...
...building plants at mines that would produce gas by burning coal. Home builders will surely have to put more insulation into new houses and apartments, raising immediate costs to buyers and renters. Detroit may well have to design much smaller and lower-powered cars. The ERA'S Ruckelshaus has raised the possibility of increasing the four-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline and setting limits on auto-engine horsepower...
...test results may well stiffen the Government's resolve to make all automakers comply with the anti-pollution rules. Last week EPA Chief William D. Ruckelshaus said he had strong support from President Nixon to enforce sternly all anti-pollution laws. Ruckelshaus noted that one way to reduce emissions -and ease the energy shortage-would be to boost substantially the current 4? per gallon federal excise tax on gas. Along with cutting pollutants, automen may also face the problem of making engines that drink much less fuel...
ENVIRONMENT. The first President to face environmental issues seriously, Nixon took up the challenge with ringing rhetoric and some admirable action. He put fragmented activities into a new Environmental Protection Agency, gave it a vigorous director in William Ruckelshaus. Nixon proposed commendable measures ranging from air-pollution control to wiser land use. He stopped a cross-Florida barge canal and an Everglades jetport, rushed new measures to create more parks...