Climate Summit U.S. and China Pledge Cooperation
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We ran the numbers: There are 2059 news articles covering this topic. 16% (324) are left leaning, 51% (1057) are center, and 33% (678) are right leaning.
Last week, President Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, agreed that China and the United States should cooperate on tackling the climate crisis. While left-leaning articles highlight that dozens of companies are expected to announce increased investment in renewable energy, right-leaning articles highlight that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is taking a conservative approach to tackling climate change.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that during a climate summit being convened by Biden on Thursday and Friday, dozens of companies are expected to announce increased investment in renewable energy. The corporate community is also facing heightened pressure to turn off the lending and investment spigot for fossil fuels.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that competition with China is coming into focus as a key piece of the Biden administration’s response to climate change. However, Angel Hsu, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill says that the competition might be productive when it comes to clean energy.
A right-leaning article Fox News highlights that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is taking a conservative approach to tackling climate change, releasing his own Energy Innovation Agenda. His initiative features legislation from about 40 lawmakers, as his House GOP colleagues gave brief explanations of their respective proposals to help conserve U.S. wildlife and forests, promote nuclear power as a clean solution, and protect U.S. pipelines and natural gas.
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House Republicans introduce climate initiative as Dems continue Green New Deal push
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