Times Leader Article RatingEXPLAINER: Why Court's EPA-climate change ruling matters | Times Leader
Jul 01, 2022 View Original Article
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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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| "EPA has an important role to play, and it's important that they act, said David Doniger, senior strategic director of climate and clean energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council." | Positive | 38% Conservative |
| "If Congress had intended to give EPA such sweeping authority to transform an entire sector of our economy, Congress would have done so explicitly, Capito said." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned electric companies, said U.S. electric companies are committed to providing clean energy without compromising on the reliability and affordability that customers value." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "Utilities will continue to work with EPA as officials undertake a new rulemaking that is consistent with the court's decision, said Emily Fisher, EEI's general counsel and senior vice president." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "The Clean Air Act, which EPA used in its rulemaking, was passed in 1970, when global warming was little known." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The decision does not prohibit EPA from regulating carbon emissions from coal plants, advocates said, but does limit its authority to do so." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "EPA head Michael Regan said the agency will move forward with lawfully setting and implementing environmental standards that meet our obligation to protect all people and all communities from environmental harm.''" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "WHAT CAN EPA DO?" | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The 6-3 ruling declared that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate emissions from plants that contribute to global warming." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "She vowed to continue strong oversight over EPA." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, said the Clean Air Act doesn't give EPA the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in a way that would force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity, and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "If Congress had intended to give EPA such sweeping authority to transform an entire sector of our economy, Congress would have done so explicitly, Capito said." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "However, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican on the Senate environment panel, hailed the court ruling, which comes in a case brought by her state." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the ruling makes it even more important that his state and others continue efforts to combat the climate crisis." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat who is a leading advocate for strong action on climate, said the court has handcuffed the government's ability to act." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "While the court has once again turned back the clock, California refuses to go backward -- we're just getting started,'' Newsom said." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Biden's legislative approach has little chance against opposition from congressional Republicans and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "EPA head Michael Regan said the agency will move forward with lawfully setting and implementing environmental standards that meet our obligation to protect all people and all communities from environmental harm.''" | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Whenever the Biden regulations come out, it's absolutely going to be a bevy of court challenges to them, and this will absolutely be an argument trying to invalidate those regulations, said Scott Schneider, a lawyer who has worked on Title IX issues." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The Supreme Court's on Thursday is likely to hinder the Biden administration's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to make the electric grid carbon-free by 2035." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Biden has pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 and push the country's electrical grid to become carbon-free by 2035." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "the ruling makes it harder for the Biden administration to meet its ambitious goal to slow climate change, even as environmental damage attributable to global warming increases and warnings about the future grow ever more dire." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "She cited earlier rulings by the court to block the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for large employers and lifting a federal ban on evictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "But President Joe Biden called it another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Stronger antitrust enforcement sought by Biden and FTC Chair Lina Khan was already highly questionable and I think is weakened significantly by this decision, said Neil Chilson, an FTC chief technologist during the Trump administration and now a research fellow at libertarian-leaning Stand Together." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Stronger antitrust enforcement sought by Biden and FTC Chair Lina Khan was already highly questionable and I think is weakened significantly by this decision, said Neil Chilson, an FTC chief technologist during the Trump administration and now a research fellow at libertarian-leaning Stand Together." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
69% :"EPA has an important role to play, and it's important that they act," said David Doniger, senior strategic director of climate and clean energy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.59% : "If Congress had intended to give EPA such sweeping authority to transform an entire sector of our economy, Congress would have done so explicitly," Capito said.
57% : The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned electric companies, said U.S. electric companies are committed to providing clean energy "without compromising on the reliability and affordability that customers value."
55% :Utilities will continue to work with EPA as officials "undertake a new rulemaking that is consistent with the court's decision," said Emily Fisher, EEI's general counsel and senior vice president.
50% : The Clean Air Act, which EPA used in its rulemaking, was passed in 1970, when global warming was little known.
46% : The decision does not prohibit EPA from regulating carbon emissions from coal plants, advocates said, but does limit its authority to do so.
45% : EPA head Michael Regan said the agency will move forward with "lawfully setting and implementing environmental standards that meet our obligation to protect all people and all communities from environmental harm.''
43% : WHAT CAN EPA DO?
42% : The 6-3 ruling declared that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate emissions from plants that contribute to global warming.
36% : She vowed to continue strong oversight over EPA.
32% : Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, said the Clean Air Act doesn't give EPA the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions in a way that would force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity, and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject.
*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.