In September of 2011, Lisa Jackson, head of the US EPA, released a statement on enhancing the ozone pollution requirements in the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (http://www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html) to better protect public health. In that statement, she noted that the under the Obama Administration, the EPA has worked to enhance environmental protection. And while Lisa Jackson may be working hard to protect the public's health, President Obama hasn’t been cooperating. In a meeting with Jackson on November 16th, Obama told Jackson that the Administration could not afford to support a stricter ozone pollution standard at this time because of its potential effect on the President in the upcoming election. Obama said that the rule, set for reconsideration in 2013, would be on the table if he were re-elected. For more details see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/science/earth/policy-and-politics-coll...