Climate entity
regulation is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Coal-fired Power Plants is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. The tracked stories average 5 original sources each. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) appears in 1 tracked Climate story from February 20, 2026.
Last mentioned: Feb 20, 2026
Entity pulse
Coverage balance Negative coverage leads. Negative coverage exceeds positive coverage by 100 percentage points.
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regulation is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Coal-fired Power Plants is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 1 of the 1 tracked story. The tracked stories average 5 original sources each. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) appears in 1 tracked Climate story from February 20, 2026.
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 11 Climate stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Current Rollback
The Trump administration finalizes the easing of toxic emission limits for coal-fired utilities.
Biden Strengthening
The EPA finalizes a rule to tighten mercury limits, specifically targeting lignite coal plants.
First Trump Rollback
The EPA first attempts to weaken the 'appropriate and necessary' finding for MATS.
MATS Introduced
The Obama administration issues the first national standards for mercury and toxic air pollutants from power plants.
The Trump administration has finalized a significant rollback of federal limits on mercury and other toxic air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. The move reverses stringent Biden-era environmental protections to reduce compliance costs for the fossil fuel industry, sparking a sharp divide between utility operators and public health advocates.
Source: wsls.com · nbcnews.com
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) is linked from 1 story on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.
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