WOWK 13 Huntington Article RatingHouse Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
Jul 18, 2023 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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| "House Republicans and many Democrats have also advanced proposals to speed permitting for energy projects of all types, including those for clean energy such as wind, solar and geothermal power." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "The Democratic president has also said that coal, oil and gas will be part of America's energy supply for years to come." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "The proposal, which passed the House on a mostly party-line vote in March, would spur American energy production, especially oil, gas and coal." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "But the solution long touted by Democrats and environmental advocates -- government action to force emissions reductions -- remains a non-starter with most Republicans." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "They have targeted government incentives for clean energy projects and denounced investment strategies that account for environmental impact." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The party is no longer denying that global warming exists, yet is searching for a response to sweltering summers, weather disasters and rising sea levels that doesn't involve abandoning their enthusiastic support for American-produced energy from burning oil, coal and gas." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The energy legislation also would increase production of critical minerals such as lithium that are used in batteries for electric vehicles, computers and cellphones -- a priority Biden shares." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Major conservation groups, and former President Donald Trump, who downplayed humanity's role in climate change, embraced the idea." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "The Biden administration has also boosted exports of liquefied natural gas to Europe after Russia, one of the continent's largest suppliers of energy, invaded Ukraine." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "McCarthy and other GOP lawmakers, led by Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman, backed a bill to incentivize growing timber forests in the U.S. as part of a worldwide effort to plant 1 trillion trees." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "McCarthy and other GOP lawmakers, led by Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman, backed a bill to incentivize growing timber forests in the U.S. as part of a worldwide effort to plant 1 trillion trees." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Now that he has a slim House majority, McCarthy has also pushed for expanded energy production." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Westerman said he expects a similar proposal to advance this year." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We need to manage our forests better so our environment can be stronger, McCarthy said, adding, Let's replace Russian natural gas with American natural gas and let's not only have a cleaner world, let's have a safer world." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "As Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited a natural gas drilling site in northeast Ohio to promote House Republicans' plan to sharply increase domestic production of energy from fossil fuels last month, the signs of rising global temperatures could not be ignored." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Curtis said he decided to launch the caucus after he struggled to respond when asked about climate change by constituents in Utah, where he represents a district marked by ski resorts and national parks." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "I keep reminding Republicans that H.R. 1 made energy affordable, reliable, and clean, said Utah Rep. John Curtis, who has become a leading Republican voice on environmental issues." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Still, Curtis said he has seen an eagerness among Republicans to engage on the issue since he started the Conservative Climate Caucus two years ago." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "What we've been able to demonstrate to the Republican conference is that the strategies that actually work are those that are actually increasing U.S. resources, said Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves, one of McCarthy's top lieutenants on energy and environmental issues." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "What we've been able to demonstrate to the Republican conference is that the strategies that actually work are those that are actually increasing U.S. resources, said Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves, one of McCarthy's top lieutenants on energy and environmental issues." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "I would get a lot of these young people who would come to town hall meetings and I would see the disappointment in their eyes when I didn't have a good answer for them, Curtis said." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Democrats like President Joe Biden rejected the bill as a thinly veiled license to pollute, but Republicans argued it would reduce carbon emissions because U.S.-produced fossil fuels are usually cleaner than those produced overseas." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Rep. Scott Perry, who leads the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, in a hearing Thursday alleged that the Biden administration's climate agenda was tackling a problem that doesn't exist." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Rep. Scott Perry, who leads the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, in a hearing Thursday alleged that the Biden administration's climate agenda was tackling a problem that doesn't exist." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Perry went on to declare -- without evidence -- that global leaders pushing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are grifting.Nearly across the board, House Republicans have tried to undo parts of Biden's climate agenda, deriding them as expensive and burdensome." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Perry went on to declare -- without evidence -- that global leaders pushing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are grifting.Nearly across the board, House Republicans have tried to undo parts of Biden's climate agenda, deriding them as expensive and burdensome." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% : House Republicans and many Democrats have also advanced proposals to speed permitting for energy projects of all types, including those for "clean energy" such as wind, solar and geothermal power.59% : The Democratic president has also said that coal, oil and gas will be part of America's energy supply for years to come.
55% : The proposal, which passed the House on a mostly party-line vote in March, would spur American energy production, especially oil, gas and coal.
54% : But the solution long touted by Democrats and environmental advocates -- government action to force emissions reductions -- remains a non-starter with most Republicans.
49% : They have targeted government incentives for clean energy projects and denounced investment strategies that account for environmental impact.
46% : The party is no longer denying that global warming exists, yet is searching for a response to sweltering summers, weather disasters and rising sea levels that doesn't involve abandoning their enthusiastic support for American-produced energy from burning oil, coal and gas.
*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.