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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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| "It would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar power and speed the nation's transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas." | Positive | 50% Conservative |
| "Tags Dcc Wire Apmediaapi Biden-climate Climate Change Energy And The Environment Climate Emissions Reduction Environmental Laws And Regulations Government Regulations Legislature Pollution Air Pollution Air Quality Climate And Environment Environment Environmental Concerns Human Rights And Civil Liberties Discrimination Workplace Discrimination Business Persoel Social Affairs Social Issues Labor Issues Government And Politics Emergency Management Alternative And Sustainable Energy Energy Industry Oil And Gas Industry Oil And Gas Exploration And Extraction Utilities Electric Utilities Electric Power Generation Fossil Fuel Power Generation Wind Power Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox!" | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "But since Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., hit pause on negotiations over climate spending and taxes last week, the public attention has shifted to a presidential emergency declaration and what the Biden administration could do with the newfound powers." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Declaration of a climate emergency would be similar to one issued by former President Donald Trump boosting construction of a southern border wall." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The declaration also could be used as a legal basis to block oil and gas drilling or other projects, although such actions would likely be challenged in court by energy companies or Republican-led states." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Some proposals included ramping up regulations on vehicle emissions and power plants, reinstating a ban on crude oil exports and suspending new leases for oil drilling on federal lands and waters." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "It would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar power and speed the nation's transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "On Wednesday, Biden will aounce other new climate actions when he visits a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, which shuttered in 2017 but has since been reborn as an offshore wind power facility." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The president vowed late last week to take robust executive action on climate after Manchin -- who has wielded outsized influence on Biden's legislative agenda because of Democrats' razor-thin majority in the Senate -- hit the brakes on negotiations over proposals for new environmental programs and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Biden, who served in the Senate for more than three decades, has been chained to the legislative process, thinking about his past as a senator, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said at a news conference Monday night." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Biden, who served in the Senate for more than three decades, has been chained to the legislative process, thinking about his past as a senator, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said at a news conference Monday night." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "But since Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., hit pause on negotiations over climate spending and taxes last week, the public attention has shifted to a presidential emergency declaration and what the Biden administration could do with the newfound powers." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Ben King, an associate director at the Rhodium Group, an independent research firm, said the United States is nowhere close to meeting ambitious goals set by Biden for reducing emissions." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote new efforts to combat climate change, although he will not declare an emergency that would unlock federal resources to deal with the issue despite increasing pressure from climate activists and Democratic lawmakers." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "His resistance has enraged other congressional Democrats who have ramped up pressure on Biden to act on his own on climate." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Biden escalated the country's emissions reduction target to at least 50" | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Declaration of a climate emergency would be similar to one issued by former President Donald Trump boosting construction of a southern border wall." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "I think given the global crisis that we're facing, given the inability of Congress to address this existential threat, I think the White House has got to use all of the resources and tools that they can, said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Even as Democrats and environmental groups pushed Biden to act on his own, some legal scholars questioned whether an emergency declaration on climate change is justified." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "If he's going to make good on his commitments to do everything he can to bring emissions down, he's got to pay attention to those critical regulatory issues that are facing him, said Podesta, a former climate counselor for President Barack Obama." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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75% : It would allow Biden to redirect spending to accelerate renewable energy such as wind and solar power and speed the nation's transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.50% : Tags Dcc Wire Apmediaapi Biden-climate Climate Change Energy And The Environment Climate Emissions Reduction Environmental Laws And Regulations Government Regulations Legislature Pollution Air Pollution Air Quality Climate And Environment Environment Environmental Concerns Human Rights And Civil Liberties Discrimination Workplace Discrimination Business Personnel Social Affairs Social Issues Labor Issues Government And Politics Emergency Management Alternative And Sustainable Energy Energy Industry Oil And Gas Industry Oil And Gas Exploration And Extraction Utilities Electric Utilities Electric Power Generation Fossil Fuel Power Generation Wind Power Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox!
46% : But since Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., hit pause on negotiations over climate spending and taxes last week, the public attention has shifted to a presidential emergency declaration and what the Biden administration could do with the newfound powers.
39% : Declaration of a climate emergency would be similar to one issued by former President Donald Trump boosting construction of a southern border wall.
37% : The declaration also could be used as a legal basis to block oil and gas drilling or other projects, although such actions would likely be challenged in court by energy companies or Republican-led states.
36% : Some proposals included ramping up regulations on vehicle emissions and power plants, reinstating a ban on crude oil exports and suspending new leases for oil drilling on federal lands and waters.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. 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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.