Raw Data Dump (from my notes)
o ABC (World News Tonight)
“carbon tax”- 1 (4/24/16- Sanders urges Hillary to support ct)
”tax on carbon” – 0
”taxing carbon” – 0
”price on carbon” – 0
”carbon surcharge” – 1; 2/16/12 carbon surcharge for flights to Europe
“fossil fuels fee”, “fossil-fuels fee”, “fee on fossil fuels”- 0
“Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act” – 0
“H.R. 763”, “HR 763”, “HR-763”, “HR bill 763” – 0
“Green New Deal”- 0
”price on emissions” – 0
”emissions tax” – 0
“Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” – 0
“IPCC”- 1; 5/23/10 climate scientists maligned, climate deniers (Sen. Inhofe, Dr. Fred Singer)
“Paris Climate Agreement”- 28 hits/12 shows
“United States Climate Alliance” – 0
“U.S. Climate Alliance” – 0
“Greta Thunberg” – 0
-> summary ABC
. 0 – for everything (save …); 3 minor hits (BSanders, Eur flight chg, deniers)
. 10 – Paris Climate Agreement:
Summary: 1-PCA done!; 6-pullout (fallout, mayors, ceo’s, public against); 1-coal regs, jobs, PCA ref; 2 refs; MV* -jobs compare good
Tally: 5 ok (1 in-depth)- coal regs rb, coal vs. renew jobs
ALL 3: PCA terms, not far enough?, pullback fallout (gov. leaders, ceo’s, mayors, polls)
12/12/15 – PCA signed, Obama framework established, some: not far enough; voluntary & not legally binding
3/28/17 – coal regs rolled back; PCA ref; coal <75K jobs, renew ener 650K; WH has nor coal jobs est.
5/27/17 – ditto 5/31/17
5/31/17 (2) – anticipating PCA pullout; lobbying by ceo’s, etc. to stay in
MV* 6/1/17 – Trump “we’re out [of PCA]”, bottom line-Amer. jobs; “renegot PCA or exit”, “climate change is a hoax”; ATQ: Mr. Trump, what would you suggest?; Obama & corp. leaders disapprove pull-out; US has 3x jobs in renewables as coal ind (475K vs. 160K)
6/2/17 – fallout for PCA pullout; mayor against pullout (incl. Pitts, PA, cited by DT), GE ceo cites jobs to stay in PCA
6/5/17 – 59% oppose PCA pullout, 28% support it: 2 to 1 against
9/17/17 – DT may not pull out of PCA
9/11/18 – NOT ABC WN! local news
3/13/18 – neglig; Tillerson & DT disagree on PCA
5/8/18 – neglig
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o CBS (Evening News)
“carbon tax”- 5; 12/3/18 French gas tax for carb emiss’s; 4/24&25/16 Sanders urges Hillary to support ct; 4/8/15 SF tax on properties w/o renewable energy (housing crisis solution); 1/3/15 gas prices/Calif. gas tax for carb emiss.
”tax on carbon” – 0
”taxing carbon” – 1; 5/1/19 SF 1% optional restaurant tax for farmers to improve soil & reduce carb emiss
”price on carbon” – 0
”carbon surcharge” – 0
“fossil fuels fee”, “fossil-fuels fee”, “fee on fossil fuels”- 0
“Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act” – 0
“H.R. 763”, “HR 763”, “HR-763”, “HR bill 763” – 0
“Green New Deal” – 0
”price on emissions” – 0
”emissions tax” – 0
“Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” – 1; 11/3/14 report,
“IPCC” – 0
“Paris Climate Agreement” – 49 hits/11 shows
“United States Climate Alliance” – 0
“U.S. Climate Alliance” – 0
“Greta Thunberg” – 0
-> summary CBS
. 0 – for everything (save …); minor hit (BSanders campaign)
. 5 – carbon tax: France gas; 3 Calif. taxes- gas, properties w/o renewable eng, restaurants (to help farmers/soil)
. 1 – Intergov’l Panel CC: 11/3/14 “severe, pervasive & irreversible impacts”, Oppenheimer- slowing productivity of crops, human health, “small window of opportunity the next couple of decades to slow [warming] down & reverse trend”; massive shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, also remove carbon dioxide from atmosphere; but legislation has been blocked in congress, by members from fosfuel producing states; China little interest in reducing emissions
. 11 – Paris Climate Agreement:
Summary: 4-lead up & sign PCA! (shoes, Norway example, terms); 4-refs or bad quality; MV* 2-pullout (DT-renegot, ceo’s against po, green jobs lost); 1-gov’t report 11/23/18, good segment!
MV* – summary? ie. 2015 CBS- 4 day for PCA talks & signing, few refs, then 1 yr later (2016) reaffirmed, gorillas & climate chg, then 1 yr later (2017) DT out; then 1 yr later (2018) gov’t report
Tally: 4 in-depth PCA sign (Norway, weather); pullout- green jobs lost; Nov ’18 gov rport (cost extrm weath last 3 yrs, econ v10%, 12o^ end century)
ALL 3: PCA terms, not far enough?, pullback fallout (gov. leaders, ceo’s, mayors, polls), DT- bad for jobs, renegotiate
11/29/15 (Obama arr PCA talks, demonstrations barred ‘’cuz Paris bombing, so shoes left where march intended, PC talks goal-reduce emissions, but may not be enough)
12/1/15 (PCtalks- 150 countries- 1st yr to negotiate? Norway subsidies-electric cars incentves- success!),
12/11/15 (PCtalks progress but no agreem’t, surging seas stc of power; MV-sound was off in video),
12/12/15(signing & cbs cov- temp rise 2o Celsius above pre-indist’l levels, legally binding, $100B fund-rich countries help poor, pledges inadequate but “a start”, extreme; 6 min. report!),
4/22/16 (175 countries signed),
X4/24/16(3 mention),
11/17/16 (PCA reaffirmed by 200 countries, African gorillas & climate chg),
11/22/16 (DT ? bad quality),
11/7/17(syria signed PCA, Trump may pull USA out-he did),
6/1/17 (DTrump withdraws from PCA but wants to negotiate better deal for US in 4 yrs it takes to w/draw from PCA, RexTill & Ivanka pleaded to stay, Musk & Geoff Imelt say it’s bad; JKerry- DT lying, green jobs lost, major Fort500- Exxon, want to stay in PCA, no constituency to go back, will make America last, not first),
MV* 11/23/18 (gov’t report on clim chg-1600 pgs, 100’s scientists @ 13 agencies/dept.’s, extreme weather cost $400B in last 3 yrs’ end century- up to 12o warmer, econ down 10%, DTrump in denial, sez based on extreme conditions)
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o NBC (Nightly News)
“carbon tax”- 2; 12/10/16 SecState Tillerson supports carb tax; 11/24/18 Nat’l Climate Assessment (dire), recommends price on carbon, Trump Admin- “US leading world in reducing carb emiss’s”
”tax on carbon” – 0
”taxing carbon” – 0
”price on carbon” – 1; 4/13/14 targets for carb reduct’n goals & how to achieve, plus may need to pull carb out of atmosphere
”carbon surcharge” – 0
“fossil fuels fee”, “fossil-fuels fee”, “fee on fossil fuels”- 0
“Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act” – 0
“H.R. 763”, “HR 763”, “HR-763”, “HR bill 763” – 0
“Green New Deal”- 1; 2/26/19 Ivanka T comments on AOC’s GND
”price on emissions” – 0
”emissions tax” – 0
“Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” – 0
“IPCC” – 0
“Paris Climate Agreement”- 63 hits/19 shows
“United States Climate Alliance” – 0
“U.S. Climate Alliance” – 0
“Greta Thunberg” – 0
-> summary NBC
. 0 – for everything (save …); minor hit (GrnNwDl- Ivanka catfight & wrong)
. 3 – carbon tax: RexTill support, Nat’l Climate Assessment (dire), carb reduce goals & how
. 18 – Paris Climate Agreement:
Summary: 3-PCA done (deets)!; 3-pullout (fallout, mayors, ceo’s public against); 10 refs (5 re:pullout); 1 – Germany climate conf, Glacier Nat’l Park- glaciers gone almost; 1 – global heat wave
Tally: 3 ok PCA sign; 3 (2 in-depth) pullout- Mike Oppenh, DoD, coal v. renew jobs; Nov’18 gov rport (cost extr weath last 3 yrs, econ v10%, 12o^ end cent)
ALL 3: PCA terms, not far enough?, pullback fallout (gov. leaders, ceo’s, mayors, polls), DT- bad for jobs, renegotiate
11/30/15 – Paris lead up to PCA; weather woes-smog, drought
11/26/15 – ref
12/12/15 – PCA reached, nonbinding, emission targets set every 5 years
12/10/16 – ref Tillerson Sec State appnted
4/22/16 – Earth Day PCA signed by 175; CA snow pack good this year
5/21/17 (2) – ref
5/24/17 – DT pressured to stay in PCA
5/26/17 – DT pressured to stay in PCA
5/27/17 – G7 & DT hinting PCA pullout
5/31/17 (2) – DT pull out PCA, 22 Repubs like; 33 big co.s don’t; hotest yr
6/1/17 – DT PCA pull out announce, renegotiate? Macron-no renegot; Kerry, Christine Todd Whit, Musk, ceo’s backlash; leaders vow to continue PCA; Mike Opp “world will be a mess”; Dept. Defense: “climate chg a threat multiplier”; DT- $3T lost & 6.5M jobs lost, citing debunked study; states, Mexico & Canada- own coalition
6/2/17 (2) – PCA pullout fallout; state & local taking steps on clim chg; 100 ceo’s criticiize; DT admin: US doing more than others, this about saving jobs; PCA- reduce emiss 26% by 2025; DT: bring back coal jobs, 2 PA coal workers: coal not coming back, fracking, nat’l gas ; coal #2 behind nat’l gas #1; coal jobs 255K in ’79, 53K ’16; 3X wind/coal jobs as coal;
6/10/17 – ref
7/8/17 – ref; DT & Putin meet
7/13/17 – DT & Macron in Paris- tension from US PCA pullout
9/16/17 – anticipated DT pullout
11/12/17 – Germany conf on clim; DT- cleaner fossil fuels, nuclear energy; JerrB & Al Gore there; Glacier Nat’l Park, Grinnel glacier gone; glaciers around 7K years!, now 85% gone; used to be 150, now 26
4/25/18 – DT & Macron again, Mac: get back in PCA
8/12/18 – global heat wave; past 4 yrs hottest ever; DT hot air; scientists agree
———— other networks ————
o CNN
“Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act”- 0
“H.R. 763” – 0
“Green New Deal”- 14 (32 listed, but dupes, etc.) (MV- in depth?)
o all networks
“Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act”- 2, CSPAN; FOXNEWSW (interview of Citizens’ Climate Lobby rep; in-depth & good!)
“H.R. 763”- 2, CSPAN
“Green New Deal”- 7,381 (too big to eval duplicates & in-depth ques)
-> summary
. FOX – good segment (tho anchor dripping with (FOX-requisite) thinly-veiled disdain)
https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20181228_010000_Tucker_Carlson_Tonight/start/1800/end/1860
https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20181228_010000_Tucker_Carlson_Tonight/start/1860/end/1920