L.A. Times: Obama is throwing ‘the environment and public health under a bus’ to get reelected

President Obama's executive order to delay environmental regulations that might hinder economic growth, issued after the 2010 midterm elections, demonstrate that he is willfully putting politics ahead of good policy. For example, one delayed rule on industrial boiler efficiency would reportedly cost industry $1.4 billion a year though the gains for society, in terms of health benefits range from $22-$54 billion. Nonetheless, the President is eschewing good regulatory policy while pandering to the powerful polluters behind dirty coal and mountaintop coal removal industries at the expense of the environment and public health.
http://www.grist.org/politics/2011-05-20-la-times-barack-obama-environment-public-health-under-reelected

Flashback 2003: Romney Attacked Coal Jobs That "Kill People"
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/20/romney-coal-jobs/