CALLS FOR CHANGES MAY COMPLICATE UPCOMING NORTHEAST CLIMATE PLAN

Northeast states are facing competing pressures from industry and consumer and environmental groups to make changes to what would be the nation's first mandatory plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as states work to finalize the program by the end of this month. Observers say the outside criticism may not necessarily delay the plan, but it could foreshadow complications when individual states develop implementing rules and legislation. At least one industry source predicts that states will face "the big...