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Coalition Seeks FBI's Files on Protest Groups

The American Civil Liberties Union joined with dozens of activist groups yesterday in demanding information about federal counterterrorism surveillance efforts, alleging that the FBI and local police departments have targeted peaceful protest groups and law-abiding citizens for scrutiny based on their political beliefs.

100 Investigators Gather, Seeking Clues to Vast Arson in Maryland

Some 100 investigators arrived to search for clues at an arson scene involving 26 houses in a new subdivision on a wetland.

A.C.L.U.'s Search for Data on Donors Stirs Privacy Fears

The A.C.L.U. is collecting information in a fund-raising effort that has ignited a debate over its commitment to privacy rights.

Nonprofit Groups Question Motive for Federal Actions

The N.A.A.C.P., which is locked in a standoff with the I.R.S., is not the only group that believes it is being made a government target for its positions on issues.

Large Volume of F.B.I. Files Alarms U.S. Activist Groups

A handful of civil rights and antiwar protest groups charge that the files are an attempt to stifle political opposition to the Bush administration.

Murder by Numbers

Environmental groups have failed to elevate important issues such as climate change to the top of the U.S. agenda largely because they have been uncoordinated and too interested in incremental approaches, writes environmental activist Ken Ward. The environmental movement would gain from studying the methods of the successful conservative movement, which include a clearly articulated vision and narrowly-targeted investments to further that vision, Ward argues. Grist Magazine (3/17)

Exxon Mobil Becomes Focus of a Boycott

Environmental and liberal lobbying groups are protesting the company's challenges to warnings about global warming.

Forget the U.N.: Clinton Has a League of His Own

Bill Clinton - former president, heart patient and fund-raiser for tsunami and hurricane victims - has a quartet of new causes.

F.B.I. Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show

Agents conducted surveillance involving groups active in such causes as the environment and poverty relief.

Habitat for Humanity Picks New Leader Amid Turmoil

Habitat for Humanity International, hoping to preserve its donor base, named a pastor from Minnesota as its new leader.

11 Indicted in Cases of Environmental Sabotage

The individuals are charged with committing acts of domestic terrorism in five Western states on behalf of two shadowy environmental groups.

The Biggest Climate Change Coalition Yet

Eighteen leading organisations came together Thursday to set up the biggest coalition yet for fighting to limit climate change.

Ford Foundation to Announce Africa Initiative

The project aims to strengthen an expanding network of nonprofit groups across Africa that seek to hold governments accountable.

Pearl Jam Selects Bonneville Environmental Foundation to Receive Funding for Renewable Energy Programs

Foundation Selected As A Beneficiary of the Band’s Carbon Portfolio Strategy.