Environmental groups in Maryland are getting bipartisan support in their opposition to allowing offshore drilling off the state's coast.

Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, and a leading environmental official in Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's administration, attended a news conference opposing the idea Tuesday before an open house was held by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Mark Belton, the governor's secretary for the Department of Natural Resources, reiterated Maryland's "steadfast opposition to any potential or proposed development, exploration, leasing or production of oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean."

Frosh says, "We're going to fight this plan with everything we've got."

Bill Brown, the chief environmental officer for the bureau, says he welcomes people expressing environmental concerns, because it helps his staff to hear from people and learn.