Reuters Article Rating

Covington law firm hires Biden environmental official for new climate practice

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    -6% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    8% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% :Law firms have benefited from a rise in infrastructure and energy work tied to new laws providing government grants and tax breaks for clean energy projects.
51% : U.S. law firm Covington & Burling said Wednesday that it hired a former White House environmental official under President Joe Biden to help lead a new practice focused on the transition to renewable energy.
49% : Hein, who will be of counsel at Covington, will advise clients on environmental compliance, clean energy infrastructure and climate-related regulatory issues, the firm said.

*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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