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                                Pains</H1>
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                                in November, <A style="COLOR: #8dc7de" 
                                href="https://donate.earthisland.org/s/4315808/bJSo6b64" 
                                target=_blank><I>The New York Times</I></A> 
                                published a hit piece on the Sierra Club that 
                                highlighted the environmental group’s internal 
                                struggles as it sought to embrace social 
                                justice. By broadening its agenda to include 
                                progressive causes like racial and economic 
                                justice, gender equity, and upholding democracy, 
                                the club has suffered heavy losses in revenue 
                                and supporters, the report alleged.</P>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">While 
                                the article centered one venerable green group, 
                                the general takeaway seemed to be that the 
                                environmental movement would be more effective 
                                if it stuck to its lane — that is, if it focused 
                                solely on protecting wilderness, wildlife, and 
                                the climate.</P>
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                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">This 
                                framing is absurdly anachronistic, damaging, 
                                and, honestly, <I>lazy</I>. One doesn’t have to 
                                look farther than the features in our Winter 
                                2026 print issue, which will hit newsstands 
                                soon, to see why.</P>
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                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Need 
                                an example of how gender equity can intersect 
                                with wildlife conservation? Read “Her Terrain,” 
                                which shows how employing Maasai women as 
                                wildlife rangers helps them break free of 
                                patriarchal traditions like polygamy and child 
                                marriage while also protecting iconic animals. 
                                Or read “Changing the Equation” to learn about 
                                Dena Montague’s work to generate energy 
                                independence in Ghana while also building 
                                community and fostering economic justice.</P>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">And 
                                if it isn’t clear that forest conservation 
                                requires stable governments and full bellies, 
                                read “The Last Stand,” which details how the 
                                civil war in Syria has led to widespread logging 
                                by both armed militias and citizens struggling 
                                to survive. Or peruse “Up In Smoke,” which shows 
                                the reverse — that in a (still) functioning 
                                democracy, fierce public engagement can help 
                                protect forests.</P>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Outside 
                                these pages, here in the United States, we are 
                                witnessing firsthand how environmental advocacy 
                                becomes more difficult when our civic rights are 
                                undermined.</P>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">Since 
                                Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his 
                                administration has taken or proposed more than 
                                350 anti-environmental actions. Yet despite this 
                                assault, recent polls indicate that climate and 
                                environmental issues have fallen farther down 
                                the list of voter concerns, below things like 
                                the economy, government corruption, immigrant 
                                rights, and the state of our democracy.</P>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">That’s 
                                no surprise. It can be hard to summon outrage 
                                about yet another hit to the Endangered Species 
                                Act or the latest move to open up our coastal 
                                waters to oil and gas drilling when armed 
                                immigration enforcement agents are grabbing our 
                                neighbors off the streets, essential federal 
                                services like food stamps (which help nearly 42 
                                million Americans put food on the table) are 
                                being disrupted, and the specter of civil unrest 
                                looms large.</P>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">What 
                                <I>is</I> surprising, and frustrating, is the 
                                willful blindness of those who view the 
                                challenges that the environmental movement faces 
                                as failures rather than the inevitable growing 
                                pains of trying to move beyond an exclusionary 
                                past.</P>
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                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px">It’s 
                                way past time for those blinders to come 
off.</P>
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                              Nandini Mitra</B><BR>Editor-in-Chief, <I>Earth 
                              Island Journal</I></P>
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                              Editor published in our Winter 2026 print issue 
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                                find:</SPAN></B></P>
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                                on-the-ground report from France’s Aude region, 
                                where residents are grappling with the aftermath 
                                of a devastating summer wildfire, assessing the 
                                toll on local farms and vineyards, and 
                                rethinking farming practices for the future.</P>
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                                A deep dive into the westward expansion of the 
                                American wood pellet industry and the grassroots 
                                efforts to stop it from moving into California, 
                                Oregon, and Washington.</P>
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                                A feature from southern Syria, where land 
                                defenders are protecting one of the region’s 
                                last native oak groves from armed profiteers, 
                                even as the area comes under threat from ongoing 
                                conflict in the Middle East.</P>
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                                A photo essay from Kenya, where members of the 
                                country’s first all-female park ranger team are 
                                leaning into their Maasai heritage and 
                                redefining what conservation means for wildlife, 
                                local communities, and themselves.</P>
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                                A thought-provoking essay that explores the 
                                nocturnal world, the night sky, and what happens 
                                to our sense of self in the dark.</P>
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                                conversation with rural organizer and former 
                                Brower Youth Award winner Chloe Maxmin about how 
                                climate justice shows up in her organizing, and 
                                why it’s so important for progressives to pay 
                                attention to rural voters.</P>
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                                A look into the work of renowned photographer 
                                Joel Sartore, who aims to document every last 
                                species in the world’s zoos and wildlife 
                                sanctuaries before they disappear.</P>
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