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Natural Resources Defence Quango
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Basic facts
Location: New York, New York
Type: 501(c)(3)
Top official: Rhea Suh, President
Founder(due south): James Gustave Speth, Richard Ayres, John H. Adams, John Bryson, Edward Strohbehn
Year founded: 1970
Website: Official website
Promoted policies
Environmental protection


The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in New York, New York, that aims to advocate for policies that support and protect the environment. NRDC works to promote initiatives at the local, state, national and global levels. Supporters consider the grouping to exist "the nation's most effective environmental action organization."[1]

Mission

The Natural Resource Defense Quango website provides the following mission statement:

" The Natural Resource Defence Council'due south purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places.

Nosotros seek to found sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings in the environment.

Nosotros strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and hereafter generations.

Nosotros work to foster the primal correct of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to interruption down the design of asymmetric environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face up social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, ane that tin can exist sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resource that back up all life on World.[two]

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History

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was founded in 1970 by lawyers James Gustave Speth, Richard Ayres, John H. Adams, John Bryson and Edward Strohbehn as a nonprofit environmental constabulary firm aimed at protecting the environment from "the forces of pollution and corporate greed."[4] The grouping was founded with a focus on litigation, but has since expanded its wheelhouse to include enquiry and public policy. In 1996, the NRDC established the NRDC Action Fund, an affiliated 501(c)(iv), which enabled the group to increase its lobbying activities and influence legislation. The organization expanded its international outreach with the opening of its Beijing office in 2006. NRDC also works internationally by partnering with organizations in Canada, Latin America and India.[v]

Today, NRDC has a staff of roughly 500 professionals ranging from researchers and scientists to lawyers and policy experts.[4] In addition, NRDC has the support of 2 million members and online activists to aid advance their policy priorities.[i] [5] NRDC works to advocate for its policy goals from the local level to the global stage with offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing.[four] Over the years, the organization has successfully advocated for a number of environmental policy victories and is recognized as "one of the nation's most powerful ecology groups."[4]

Work

Since its formation in 1970, the Natural Resources Defence force Council (NRDC) has achieved countless legal, legislative and policy victories. Some of NRDC'southward greatest accomplishments include:

Key NRDC accomplishments[5] [vi] [7]
  • 1971: NRDC contributed to the passage of the Clean Water Act.
  • 1973: NRDC initiated action that resulted in the stage out of lead in gasoline.
  • 1974: The organization accomplished a legal victory requiring coal plants to command pollution levels in an try to prevent acid rain.
  • 1976: NRDC successfully litigated to limit water pollution produced by 24 industries.
  • 1978: NRDC successfully advocated for the removal of CDCs from aerosol cans to curb the breakdown of the ozone layer.
  • 1980: NRDC advocated for the Alaska National Interests Land Conservation Human activity to protect 100 million acres of country in the state.
  • 1985: NRDC helped reach the enactment of free energy efficiency standards for appliances.
  • 1986: NRDC worked to win passage of the Safe Drinking H2o and Toxic Enforcement Act in California.
  • 1989: The Environmental Protection Bureau (EPA) banned asbestos.
  • 1991: Action past the NRDC helped prevent drilling in the Chill National Wildlife Refuge.
  • 1992: Work past the NRDC helped end the practice of dumping sewage sludge into the oceans.
  • 1993: Legal efforts past the NRDC forced the oil companies Texaco and ARCO to stop water polluting activities and pay penalties for past pollution.
  • 1996: NRDC helped pass the Food Safety Protection Act.
  • 1999: A lawsuit past the NRDC resulted in the requirement that coal plants report and monitor their mercury emissions.
  • 2001: The EPA adopted regulations for more than comprehensive tap water treatment standards in order to limit arsenic levels.
  • 2001: NRDC helped protect the Great Bear Rainforest from logging activities.
  • 2004: NRDC worked with China to help the nation develop an free energy efficiency program.
  • 2005: The organization, once once again, helped protect the Arctic National Wild animals Refuge from oil drilling.
  • 2007: The NRDC accomplished a Supreme Court victory classifying global warming emissions as pollutants according to the Clean Air Human action.
  • 2008: The arrangement successfully advocated for a ban on the export of mercury, which helps protect consumers of tuna and other fish.
  • 2010: NRDC supported the development of the National Ocean Policy in order to protect and revive our oceans.
  • 2010: NRDC successfully advocated for a "no" vote on California Proposition 23 (2010), which would have suspended the state'south greenhouse gas reduction programme.
  • 2011: NRDC worked to achieve an increase in national fuel efficiency standards.
  • 2011: Legal action by the NRDC helped protect eleven one thousand thousand acres of wild forests in North America.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

NRDC works in support of the EPA's Clean Power Programme and advocates in favor of the development of renewable energy technology. The system also promotes several initiatives to preserve the oceans such as combatting overfishing, preventing commercial whaling, curbing plastic pollution and fighting rising marine carbon dioxide levels. In addition, NRDC works to amend the policies of the Wildlife Services' predator control program and advocates on behalf of species such as the gray wolf, bison and grizzly bears. In social club to protect consumer health, the organization supports sustainable food innovations, safe h2o techniques and the removal of dangerous toxins from the dwelling house. NRDC also supports the development of sustainable communities to increase urban efficiency and improve quality of life.[eight]

NRDC works with businesses and industries to adopt green innovations and decrease ecology impacts. Notably, NRDC has worked with sports leagues to introduce environmental practices into stadiums and arenas. The arrangement has too partnered with the entertainment industry to bring green innovations to awards shows, such as the Grammy Awards and the Academy Awards.[9]

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ The NRDC Action Fund, a political chapter of the National Resources Defence Council, endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[10]

Come across as well: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton

Policy scope

The Natural Resources Defense Quango's primary policy goals include fighting climate change, promoting clean free energy, restoring the oceans, protecting endangered species and our remaining wilderness, eliminating pollution, safeguarding our water supply and supporting the development of sustainable communities. In addition to these priorities, the organization is engaged in work concerning agriculture practices, environmental justice, nuclear energy, recycling, transportation and international environmental solutions.[4]

Leadership

The president of the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) is Rhea Suh. Prior to NRDC, Suh worked at the U.S. Department of the Interior, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.[11]

Lath of trustees officers

  • Daniel R. Tishman, Chair
  • Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chair emeritus
  • Max Stone , Vice chair
  • Alan F. Horn, Vice chair
  • Wendy 1000. Neu, Vice chair
  • Mary Moran, Treasurer [12]

Finances

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) receives the bulk of its fiscal support from private members, foundation grants and major donor contributions. In fiscal year 2014, the system spent 83.6 percentage of its revenue on plan expenditures, viii.9 percent on fundraising support and 7.5 percent on operations.[13]

Almanac revenue and expenses for NRDC, 2010-2014[fourteen] [15]
Tax Year Total Revenue Total Expenses
2014 $155,192,637 $126,749,686
2013 $121,617,764 $115,764,382
2012 $115,962,571 $102,445,255
2011 $98,701,707 $104,264,845
2010 $97,057,964 $98,131,710

Recent news

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See also

  • 501(c)(3)
  • Nonprofit organization

External links

  • NRDC homepage
  • NRDC Action Fund homepage
  • NRDC on Facebook
  • NRDC on Twitter

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.one NRDC.org, "Most NRDC: who we are," accessed August 25, 2015
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ NRDC.org, "Well-nigh NRDC: mission statement," accessed August 25, 2015
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.i 4.2 4.3 4.iv NRDC.org, "Near NRDC: the NRDC story," accessed August 25, 2015
  5. ↑ v.0 5.one five.2 Environment & Energy Publishing, "From legal mavericks to within policy players," December 12, 2013
  6. ↑ The Huffington Post, "NRDC'southward greatest accomplishments over the years," November 11, 2011
  7. ↑ Almost NRDC: victories," accessed Baronial 27, 2015
  8. ↑ NRDC.org, "Issues," accessed August 26, 2015
  9. ↑ NRDC.org, "Businesses," accessed August 26, 2015
  10. ↑ The Washington Post, "Major ecology group makes showtime ever endorsement of Hillary Clinton," May 31, 2016
  11. ↑ NRDC.org, "NRDC Leadership," accessed Baronial 25, 2015
  12. ↑ NRDC.org, "About u.s.a.: Lath of trustees," accessed August 25, 2015
  13. ↑ NRDC.org, "Annual Report 2014," accessed Baronial 27, 2015
  14. ↑ GuideStar, "NRDC Forms 990," accessed August 25, 2015
  15. ↑ NRDC.org, "Form 990 2014," accessed June 24, 2016

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