Wil- Confessions of liam D. Ruckelshaus, in Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 1985), 2101 Con-An EPA Man stitution Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C.
"Think globally and act locally," scientist Rene Dubos once advised environmentalists. Ruckelshaus, who headed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1970 to 1973 and again from 1983 to 1985, wholeheartedly agrees.
At first, Ruckelshaus recalls, the EPA aimed, grandly, to harmonize industry with nature. Congress created the...