South Carolina Atty. Gen. Alan M. Wilson moved in federal court on Jan. 7 to have the state join 16 cities and towns’ lawsuit to stop oil and gas seismic surveys in the state’s offshore areas. This lawsuit is separate from one by environmental groups and other organizations in which Maryland Atty. Gen. Brian E. Frosh and eight other Mid-Atlantic states’ AGs intervened nearly 2 weeks earlier.

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