👤 Mark Poynting

6 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
6
2026-07-31 – 2026-10-15
Claims per article
34
201 extracted in total
Hedged claims
13%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,095
characters
Writes for BBC News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Environment
100%
Most-tagged topics
BBC VerifyAmericaAmericansConwyCopernicusDenbighshireDevonEPA

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.15 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-15 · BBC News · Environment
US scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power plants
11 outlets covered this event
2026-10-01 · BBC News · Environment
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
7 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-15 · BBC News · Environment
Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
4 outlets covered this event
2026-07-31 · BBC News · Environment
Thousands evacuated in Crete as wildfires threaten tourist resorts
3 outlets covered this event
2026-08-16 · BBC News · Environment
Europe's scorched landscapes seen from space after summer heatwaves
2 outlets covered this event
2026-07-31 · BBC News · Environment
Satellite images show impact of heatwaves and drought on UK landscape
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-07-31 · BBC News
Thousands evacuated in Crete as wildfires threaten tourist resorts
🔮 Both will be buried on Thursday, the statement added. assertive
2026-07-31 · BBC News
Satellite images show impact of heatwaves and drought on UK landscape
🔮 A comparison of satellite imagery of the UK in May and July shows the stark differences in plant health. assertive
2026-08-16 · BBC News
Europe's scorched landscapes seen from space after summer heatwaves
🔮 - Published The impact of this summer's extreme temperatures on western Europe can now be seen from space after successive heatwaves since May. mixed
2026-09-15 · BBC News
US scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power plants
🔮 The agency also said it would take steps to prevent future administrations from regulating power plant emissions. assertive
2026-10-01 · BBC News
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
🔮 They warn that such rapid melting is no longer a surprise given the pace of climate change, but it could threaten water supplies for farming, hydropower and transport in the decades ahead. The loss of glacier ice can also destabilise mountain slopes and increase the risk of landslides in some places - which can lead to flash flooding in extreme cases, as seen in Nepal in August. assertive
2026-10-15 · BBC News
Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
🔮 It means environmental authorities will ramp up monitoring of reservoir levels, river flows and water quality, as well as carry out extra checks on businesses withdrawing water from natural sources. assertive
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