Winegrad: Badmouthing and falsehoods part of the environmental fight

Even though I grew up an urban kid in downtown Annapolis, I was fascinated by wildlife. Spurred by accidentally learning about the Holocaust in sixth grade, I wanted to become an attorney and fight injustices. After graduating from law school in 1969, this led to my first real job with the National Wildlife Federation in Washington as an environmental advocate. Since then, I’ve engaged in a lifelong crusade to protect the natural world and all of God’s creatures. It has not been an easy path. Working for change, especially against entrenched economic interests, is fraught with difficult challenges.