Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Editorial: Polluters keep trying to block gas bans. California cities shouldn't be deterred

Apr 30, 2023 View Original Article
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    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    14% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Buildings are one of the largest sources of climate pollution in California because most of the stoves, water heaters and furnaces in homes and businesses still run on natural gas that fouls the air and heats the planet.To slow the climate crisis and reduce smog, we need action at all levels of government to quickly replace fossil-fueled heating and cooking appliances with electric models powered by clean, renewable energy.

*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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