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Energy Department commits up to $42 million to Constitution gas pipeline

Coverage spectrum

Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

4 articles in total, 1 of them opinion. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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The Energy Department said Monday that it would give up to $42 million from the Defense Production Act to the Constitution Pipeline, a 125-mile natural gas line from Pennsylvania to New York, according to The Hill and The Daily Caller. The project was scrapped years ago, which RedState and The Daily Caller attribute to opposition from New York’s state government and environmental groups. The Epoch Times reports that a coalition of environmental groups, local advocates and property owners is urging federal regulators not to go forward. The White House presents the funding as a way to lower energy costs across the Northeast.

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What happened

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The Energy Department said it would give up to $42 million from the Defense Production Act to the Constitution Pipeline.
Reported byCenter1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
Center
The Hill
Far Right
The Daily Caller
The Constitution Pipeline is a 125-mile natural gas line from Pennsylvania to New York.
Reported byCenter1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
Center
The Hill
Far Right
RedState, The Daily Caller
The project was scrapped years ago; RedState attributes the block to New York’s Democratic-majority state government and environmental groups.
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Center
The Hill
Far Right
RedState, The Daily Caller
The Defense Production Act lets the president strengthen industrial capabilities deemed essential to national defense.
One outletThe Daily Caller· Far Right
A coalition of environmental groups, local advocates and property owners is urging federal regulators not to go forward with the project.
One outletThe Epoch Times· Far Right
The White House presents the project as a way to lower energy costs across the Northeast.
One outletThe Daily Caller· Far Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

The project should go ahead with federal defense funding.
The Daily Caller quotes energy analyst Stuart Turley calling the use of the Defense Production Act an outstanding use that should be expanded; the Epoch Times reports that a coalition of environmental groups, local advocates and property owners is urging federal regulators not to go forward.

How each side tells it

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Coverage from both sides reports that the Energy Department will give up to $42 million from the Defense Production Act to the 125-mile Constitution Pipeline. The center headline calls the project contentious and the funding a defense-related boost, while right-side headlines stress Trump reviving a project New York blocked.

the left
No coverage yet
No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
the center
1 outlet
Headline presents the pipeline as contentious and the $42 million as a defense-related boost from the Trump administration.
Trump gives contentious New York pipeline a Defense Production Act boost
The HillCenterAll center headlines
the right
2 outlets · 1 opinion
Headlines say Trump revives or greenlights a pipeline New York blocked, and one stresses wartime powers and taxpayer funds.
Trump Taps Sensational language“Wartime Powers”Calls the Defense Production Act wartime powers, but the article’s own text describes the law as covering industrial capabilities essential to national defense.More neutral: Defense Production ActDisagree with this highlight? To Revive Long-Stalled Pipeline With $42 Million In Taxpayer Funds
The Daily CallerFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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Has not covered this story.
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No loaded words in its own voice.
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derailWartime Powers

In the outlets’ own words

Loaded verb
derailMore neutral: halted
Describes New York’s role in blocking the pipeline as derailing it, a word that implies wrongdoing; ‘blocked’ or ‘halted’ states the act without judgement.
…to $42 million in federal funding behind a natural gas pipeline that New York helped derail years ago, invoking national defense powers to revive the project as the White House…
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)
Sensational language
Wartime PowersMore neutral: Defense Production Act
Calls the Defense Production Act wartime powers, but the article’s own text describes the law as covering industrial capabilities essential to national defense.
Trump Taps Wartime Powers To Revive Long-Stalled Pipeline With $42 Million In Taxpayer Funds
Used byThe Daily Caller (Far Right)

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From the left

0 outlets

No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

contentious pipeline
defense-related federal funding
Energy Department announcement

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The HillCenter
Trump gives contentious New York pipeline a Defense Production Act boost
The Trump administration is giving a defense-related boost to a contentious pipeline in the Northeast U.S. The Energy Department said Monday that it would give up to $42 million from the Defense Production Act for the Constitution Pipeline project that would transport natural …
2 days agoRead at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets · 1 opinion

Leads with

Trump reviving a stalled pipeline
New York blocking the project
lower energy costs
national defense powers

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The Daily CallerFar Right
Trump Taps Sensational language“Wartime Powers”Calls the Defense Production Act wartime powers, but the article’s own text describes the law as covering industrial capabilities essential to national defense.More neutral: Defense Production ActDisagree with this highlight? To Revive Long-Stalled Pipeline With $42 Million In Taxpayer Funds
‘abundant supply of low-cost natural gas’
1 day agoRead at The Daily Caller (opens in a new tab)
The Epoch TimesFar Right
White House Greenlights Pennsylvania-New York Natural Gas Pipeline Development
A coalition of environmental groups, local advocates, and property owners is urging federal regulators not to go forward with the project.
2 days agoRead at The Epoch Times (opens in a new tab)
RedStateFar RightOpinion
Trump Revives Constitution Pipeline Blocked 12 Years by New York Democrats
For 12 years, New York residents have been paying higher utility bills than needed. This has been the state of affairs, because the New York state government, which is Democrat majority, along with various environmental groups, blocked completion of the Constitution Pipeline, a …
2 days agoRead at RedState (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

Left
No report yet
From the outlets Mantle follows
Center
1 hr 35 min later
Its first report, Oct 19, 5:29 PM EDT
Right
First to report
The Epoch Times, Oct 19, 3:54 PM EDT

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The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 19, 3:54 PM EDT
The HillCenterOct 19, 5:29 PM EDT
The Daily CallerFar RightOct 20, 4:07 PM EDT

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Energy Department commits up to $42 million to Constitution gas pipeline

Coverage spectrum

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the left

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Language to notice

In the outlets’ own words

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From the left

From the center

Trump gives contentious New York pipeline a Defense Production Act boost

From the right

White House Greenlights Pennsylvania-New York Natural Gas Pipeline Development

Trump Revives Constitution Pipeline Blocked 12 Years by New York Democrats

How the coverage built up

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