Topic summary
53%30 analyzed articles/videos19,570 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Protection results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 5,716 hits. Analysis detected 56,196 faulty-reasoning hits from 91,316 analyzed words across 30 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 9% (22,361 of 24,545 topics). This Environmental Protection is better (less manipulative) than 91.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

9% percentile
02550751008.9% percentile
1.2% BS Score30 analyzed articles91.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Challenging Toxic Air Exemptions – and a Pattern of Executive Overreach on Regulatory Rollbacks17%
Just Security5%By Sarah Buckley29%8/7/2026, 5:50:13 AM
Availab…6%Optimis…14%Halo Ef…8%
5 new Vermont conservation projects protect access to old trees, summits and rare plants9%
Vermont Public27%By Abagael Giles22%8/4/2026, 12:38:52 PM
Nevada senators want to ensure Yucca Mountain nuclear repository ‘remains dead’23%
Las Vegas Review-Journal33%By Ricardo Torres-Cortez58%8/4/2026, 4:00:22 AM
Horseshoe crab blood is valuable for health research, but groups claim N.J. falls short of protecting species49%
PhillyVoice41%By Michael Tanenbaum28%8/4/2026, 2:01:00 AM
Tennessee could get $50B for storing nuclear waste. The state won’t say where it plans to put it34%
WPLN News34%By Marianna Bacallao35%8/3/2026, 4:14:02 PM
Scott’s veto reasoning doesn’t hold up69%
VTDigger41%By Ben Edgerly Walsh82%8/3/2026, 2:17:04 PM
$155M Upgrade Completed at Coney Island Wastewater Plant40%
BKReader56%By BK Reader Staff43%8/2/2026, 7:00:00 AM
State’s highest court orders new review of Line 5 tunnel under Straits of Mackinac14%
Planet Detroit23%By Kelly House26% Bridge Michigan14%8/1/2026, 8:01:13 AM
Michigan environmental news: EPA moves to declare Detroit ozone compliant44%
Planet Detroit23%By Dustin Blitchok47%7/31/2026, 1:18:30 PM
Experimental Art Spaces Cling to Existence12%
Voice of San Diego37%By Voice of San Diego39%7/30/2026, 2:15:00 AM