WHDH 7 Boston Article RatingBiden visits Mass to announce modest climate actions; pledges more to come
Jul 21, 2022 View Original Article
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| "An emergency declaration on climate would allow the president to redirect federal resources to bolster renewable energy programs that would help accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, is shifting to offshore wind power manufacturing, and Biden chose it as the embodiment of the transition to clean energy that he is seeking but has struggled to realize in the first 18 months of his presidency." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The former Brayton Point power plant closed in 2017 after burning coal for more than five decades." | Negative | -24% 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 |
| "Such a declaration would be similar to the one issued by Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border when lawmakers refused to allocate money for that effort." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| "Biden pledged last week to take significant executive actions on climate after monthslong discussions between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., came to a standstill." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Biden pledged last week to take significant executive actions on climate after monthslong discussions between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., came to a standstill." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Biden delivered his pledge at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said he was confident that the president is ultimately ready to do whatever it takes in order to deal with this crisis.I think that he's made that clear in his statement last Friday, and I think coming to Massachusetts is a further articulation of that goal, Markey told reporters Tuesday." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said he was confident that the president is ultimately ready to do whatever it takes in order to deal with this crisis.I think that he's made that clear in his statement last Friday, and I think coming to Massachusetts is a further articulation of that goal, Markey told reporters Tuesday." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Let me be clear, Biden said." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, is shifting to offshore wind power manufacturing, and Biden chose it as the embodiment of the transition to clean energy that he is seeking but has struggled to realize in the first 18 months of his presidency." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Biden hinted such a step could be coming." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The White House has indicated it wants Congress to take that deal, and Biden will address the climate issue on his own." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden on Wednesday aounced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, This is an emergency and I will look at it that way." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Gina McCarthy, Biden's climate adviser, said Biden is not shying away from treating climate as an emergency." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Gina McCarthy, Biden's climate adviser, said Biden is not shying away from treating climate as an emergency." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Such a declaration would be similar to the one issued by Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border when lawmakers refused to allocate money for that effort." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Such a declaration would be similar to the one issued by Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border when lawmakers refused to allocate money for that effort." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
57% : An emergency declaration on climate would allow the president to redirect federal resources to bolster renewable energy programs that would help accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.49% : The former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, is shifting to offshore wind power manufacturing, and Biden chose it as the embodiment of the transition to clean energy that he is seeking but has struggled to realize in the first 18 months of his presidency.
38% : The former Brayton Point power plant closed in 2017 after burning coal for more than five decades.
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.
17% : Such a declaration would be similar to the one issued by Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border when lawmakers refused to allocate money for that effort.
*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.