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Environmental groups to sue to keep Virginia in greenhouse gas compact

by The Associated Press

FILE - Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during a news conference about U.S.-Japan cooperation on economic issues, April 27, 2023, in Tokyo. Youngkin’s main fundraising apparatus will soon report raising $5.75 million in the second quarter of 2023, a sum that surpasses what any previous governor of the state has raised over an entire year, according to the group's accounting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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