Natural Resources Defense Council
| Abbreviation | NRDC |
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| Established | 1970 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
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| Purpose | Environmental activism |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, US |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Method | Advocacy, education, litigation |
| Membership | 2.4 million (2015) |
President and CEO | Manish Bapna |
| Subsidiaries | NRDC Action Fund |
| Budget | US$151.6 million (2015) |
| Staff | 700 (2020) |
| Website | nrdc |
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit 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. The group was founded in 1970 in opposition to a hydroelectric 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.