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The Obama administration might have yanked the final green straw.
News out of the Oval Office-- President Brack Obama is pulling the plug on plans to tighten ozone standards. The New York Times explains...

“The president rejected a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that would have significantly reduced emissions of smog-causing chemicals, saying that it would impose too severe a burden on industry and local governments at a time of economic distress.”

Many in the media are calling this a bold move for the democratic President up for reelection-- especially one who campaigned with environmentally-friendly messages. Fox News reports Obama gave-in...

“President Obama caving to GOP demands announcing he will not be tightening federal regulations on air pollution anytime soon. The President’s decision is not sitting well with some democrats and environmentalists of course. He’s now echoing what Republicans have been saying for months.”

Republicans have been barraging the EPA for a while now.
The Washington Post has more...

“Reasonable people can disagree on how much economic cost is worth bearing for how much environmental benefit. But the Republican critique seems to deny that such a trade-off even exists.”

Reports say the EPA was blindsided.
Politico writes...

“The environmentalists may have been the last to know, but not by much; an administration official told POLITICO that the White House didn’t notify the EPA of the decision until Thursday — and that EPA officials were not involved in the decision-making process.”

So what does this mean for future Republican-Democrat relations? MSNBC offers this analysis...

“But it gives us a kind of a preview, there will certainly be tough words but maybe Republicans want to also give themselves some room to look like they’re willing to be cooperative in some areas.”

The Boston Globe reports the regulations aren’t permanently scrapped -- the rules are due for reconsideration in 2013.
 

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