The Mercury News Article Rating

After court ruling, EPA weakens clean water protections

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    -36% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -37% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The ruling was the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority on the high court narrowed the reach of environmental regulations.
43% : The Trump administration rolled them back as part of a broader curtailment of environmental regulations.
38% :Julian Gonzalez, senior legislative counsel with Earthjustice, said EPA did what it was forced to do after Sackett and weakened wetlands rules.
37% : "While I am disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision in the Sackett case, EPA and Army (Corps of Engineers) have an obligation to apply this decision alongside our state co-regulators," Regan said in a statement Tuesday.

*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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