EPA reveals new wetland protection rule after Supreme Court limits federal power

Aug 29, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    48% 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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"Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency:"
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12% Conservative
"Following the U.S. Supreme Court's May decision, the Environmental Protection Agency revised wetland guidelines which could remove federal protection from 63"
Positive
4% Conservative
"While I am disappointed in 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 via AP."
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-24% Liberal
"EPA Administrator Michael Regan stated on Tuesday that the agency had no choice after the high court sharply limited the federal government's ability to regulate wetlands that do not have a 'continuous surface coection' to larger, regulated bodies of water, The Associated Press reported."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The landmark decision was made during a case where an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, sought to develop property near Priest Lake in the Idaho panhandle but were stopped by the EPA."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"While I am disappointed in 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 via AP."
Negative
-12% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency:
52% : Following the U.S. Supreme Court's May decision, the Environmental Protection Agency revised wetland guidelines which could remove federal protection from 63% of the country's wetlands, according to The Washington Post.
38% : "While I am disappointed in 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 via AP.

*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.

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