The Economist Article Rating

Fighting climate change is not the same as curing Britain's economic ills

Apr 27, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    53% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Brexit means there are fewer institutional constraints on distortionary state aid, he points out.
58% : But £28bn a year is more than twice current spending on environmental protection.
58% : Analysis by Ember, a campaign group, suggests that if all currently mooted wind and solar projects receive government approval and are constructed there would be sufficient renewable energy by 2030.
41% : The country tends to be found towards the top of international league tables for emissions reductions, even after accounting for imports, thanks to copious offshore wind and a swift transition from coal to natural-gas power plants.

*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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