http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/opinion/the-republicans-vs-the-environment.html?_r=1&ref=cleanairact

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Summary:

This year along the Republican controlled Congress has voted 168 times to undercut the clean air and water laws that has been an aid to cleaning up and repairing our environment since 1970.  They have also bee blocking efforts to limit global warming, protect public lands and guard against future oil spills.

The old Republican guard was environmental friendly, but the ones that are in office now are more in allegiance to the industries and a constant refusal to accept the fact of climate changes that are taking place around the globe.

The Republicans claim that
"regulation cost jobs and all they are trying to do is help the working man. What they are    really doing by destroying years of environmental law is putting the interests of corporations above all others and threatening public health."

Evaluation: 
  
It comes down to this; the controlling party wants to sacrifice the health and safely of our planet for their own pockets.  Regulators must go through the American Petroleum Institute (API), which is the oil's industry's lobbyist, as the law stands regulators cannot seek independent advice on drilling safety that is not affiliated with the API. 

How many more lives will be lost? 

How many species will go extinct?

What will it take to get our representatives to think about all of us and not just there pockets?

They claim we have too many regulations, that is why the unemployment rate is high.  Our unemployment rate is 10% in this country, but our employment rate is 90%. 

They need a different angle.