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Shore lawmakers and environmental activists are getting their wish when it comes to the controversial plan to allow offshore oil drilling off the Atlantic coast. Well, part of it, anyway. Federal officials have announced a public hearing on the plan to be held in Atlantic City next week...

While environmental groups are concerned about the possibility of seismic testing along the Atlantic coast, the federal agency tasked with researching the practice contends it doesn’t have to be as destructive as some claim.