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Abbreviation | NRDC |
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Established | 1970 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Purpose | Environmental activism |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, US |
Area served | Worldwide[1] |
Method | Advocacy, education, litigation |
Membership (2015) | 2.4 million[2] |
President and CEO | Manish Bapna |
Subsidiaries | NRDC Action Fund |
Budget (2015) | US$151.6 million[2] |
Staff (2020) | 700 |
Website | nrdc |
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States-based 501(c)(3) non-profit international environmental advocacy group, with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bozeman, India, and Beijing.[1] The group was founded in 1970 in opposition to a hydro-electric power power plant in New York.
As of 2019, the NRDC had over three million members, with online activities nationwide, and a staff of about 700 lawyers, scientists and other policy experts.[3][4]