Audit Trail · Article #2438363

Ottawa quietly abandoned promise to end thermal coal exports after industry lobbying, A-G says

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-10-29T14:25:00 · ingested 2026-10-29T10:45:49.827178

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.50 vv3

The article focuses on a government action that could have significant environmental implications, suggesting a critique of the government's decision-making process.

Trigger phrases: abandonedindustry lobbyingsecretly stopped

      computed at 2026-10-29T11:01:42.132632
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.376 confidence: 54% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-29T10:57:55.524499-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.312

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-29T11:01:42.132632

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-29T11:01:42.132632

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-29T11:01:42.132632

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (0)

No claims extracted yet.

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Ottawa quietly abandoned promise to end coal exports without saying why: auditor 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-29T10:16:22.350426
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-29T10:45:49.827178 ingested

payload

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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: climate change(-0.15\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
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}

2026-10-29T10:57:55.524499 bias_v2_scored

payload

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Every signal computed about this article, with timestamps. Source for the transparency promise behind our methodology.