Natural Resources Defense Council

<p>The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based <a href="/facts/501(c)(3)_organization/4KIsNFYp">501(c)(3)</a> <a href="/facts/Non-profit/AmXu2c85">non-profit</a> international <a href="/facts/Environmental_advocacy_group/LAMt6rYX">environmental advocacy group</a>, with its headquarters in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> and offices in <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a>, <a href="/facts/Bozeman%2c_Montana/EeHvb9IV">Bozeman</a>, <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, and <a href="/facts/Beijing/Bg4puFBv">Beijing</a>. The group was founded in 1970 in opposition to a <a href="/facts/Hydroelectricity/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectric</a> power plant in New York.
</p><p>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.
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Natural Resources Defense Council