In Maryland, new details have been released about the state police spying on social justice activists. An environmentalist who helped campaign for clean air legislation has revealed he was among the dozens of activists placed on a list of suspected terrorists. Josh Tulkin was placed on the list while he led a campaign to reduce pollution from Maryland’s coal-fired plants. In July, Maryland was forced to admit its agents infiltrated meetings and events of the Baltimore Pledge of Resistance and the Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty. More than fifty nonviolent activists and protest groups were classified as terrorists and entered onto a federal database that tracks terrorism suspects. The “suspects” included several peace activists, including two Catholic nuns. In a statement, Tulkin said, “I deserve to know why I was being monitored and what is in my file. And we need legislation passed so that this type of infringement of privacy will not happen again.”