After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections - West Hawaii Today

Aug 30, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    58% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"The ruling was the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority on the high court narrowed the reach of environmental regulations."
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2% Conservative
"While I am disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett case, EPA and Army (Corps of Engineers) have an obligation to apply this decision alongside our state co-regulators, Regan said in a statement Tuesday."
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-26% Liberal
"Damien Schiff, a senior attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation who represented the Sacketts, said the Biden administration properly changed rules to eliminate unlawful criteria to protect wetlands."
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-14% Liberal
"The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government's jurisdiction over them."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said the agency had no alternative after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government's power to regulate wetlands that do not have a continuous surface coection to larger, regulated bodies of water."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"While I am disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett case, EPA and Army (Corps of Engineers) have an obligation to apply this decision alongside our state co-regulators, Regan said in a statement Tuesday."
Negative
-14% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The ruling was the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority on the high court narrowed the reach of environmental regulations.
37% : "While I am disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett case, EPA and Army (Corps of Engineers) have an obligation to apply this decision alongside our state co-regulators," Regan said in a statement Tuesday.

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