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BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has joined a new multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to recoup more than $7.2 billion in frozen energy and infrastructure grants.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in California by Campbell and 12 other attorneys general, challenges an “unlawful decision” by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget to withhold the funding for renewable energy projects in mostly Democratic-led states.
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By Christian M. Wade | Statehouse Reporter
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