US will review oil and gas leasing program in Alaska refuge

Aug 04, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% 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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"Services Conservation Laws And Regulations Environmental Laws And Regulations"
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10% Conservative
"Government Regulations Environmental Conservation And"
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-14% Liberal
"President Joe Biden, in a January executive order, called on the Interior secretary to temporarily halt activities related to the leasing program, review the program and as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the oil and gas program."
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12% Conservative
"By initiating a new review, the Biden administration is ignoring the will of Congress, the will of Alaskans and the best interests of the Alaska Native communities on the North Slope, Sullivan said."
Positive
10% Conservative
"The first lease sale was held in January, in the waning days of the Trump administration."
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-4% Liberal
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in June said her review identified deficiencies in the record underpiing the leases, including an environmental review that failed to adequately analyze a reasonable range of alternatives."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in a statement said Tuesday's aouncement was a political stall tactic and called on Haaland to accept the science in the existing environmental review."
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-24% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Services Conservation Laws And Regulations Environmental Laws And Regulations
43% : Government Regulations Environmental Conservation And

*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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