NORTHEAST TO ANNOUNCE CLIMATE PLAN AMID CONCERNS FROM KEY STATES

Northeast states are on the brink of announcing a regional climate plan that may lack participation from key states, in a development that could lead to a scaled-back plan that is weaker as a national model for mandatory greenhouse gas reductions. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) -- whose state played a key role in developing the plan -- has suggested he may drop out of the proposal to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants in a nine-state region,...