Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Friday condemned the Trump administration’s decision to cancel $679 million in federal funding for infrastructure projects supporting offshore wind, including $34 million headed to Salem.

The administration’s decision to pull the plug on the Salem Wind Port project, which would have resulted in the redevelopment of a vacant industrial facility, will cost 800 construction jobs, the Democratic governor said in a statement.

"There is nothing wasteful about this project, which has been supported by both a Democratic and Republican governor," Healey said Friday.

“The real waste here is the Trump administration canceling tens of millions of dollars for a project that is already underway to increase our energy supply and support hundreds of workers and their

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