Ruckelshaus served as the first administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which confirmed his death in a statement Wednesday. After Richardson and Ruckelshaus resigned, Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out the firing in what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre — prompting protests and outrage around the country. AdvertisementReagan asked him back to the EPA in 1983 to help restore public trust to the scandal-plagued agency. “You’re not there for the money, you’re there for something beyond yourself.”Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy called Ruckelshaus a “hero” whose public service is worthy of study. Denis Hayes, who coordinated the first Earth Day in 1970, once called Ruckelshaus “a Republican environmental hero,” and Washington Gov.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 27, 2019 21:36 UTC