Natural Resources Defense Council
A former project of the Tides Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) calls itself "the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Worth Magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities, and Charity Navigator has given NRDC four stars (out of a possible four)." [1]
The Natural Resources Defense Council (formerly a "project" of the Tides Foundation) ...
The NRDC has been vigorously attacked by the Center for Consumer Freedom, a corporate-funded industry front group. CCF calls it "the utility infielder of nanny groups. Because its name implies a wide-ranging universe of issues, the group can be counted on to inject itself into just about any debate where there's an environmental argument to be made. Washington PR firm Fenton Communications has made use of the NRDC in a variety of public campaigns, the most famous example of which was the 1989 Alar-on-apples food scare." [2] For the other side of the story see [here].
Officers
- Frances Beinecke, Executive Director; Co-founder, The New York League of Conservation Voters
- Robert Redford, Trustee and Director; Film actor & director; Manager, the Redford Foundation
- Laurance Rockefeller, Trustee; Private philanthropist; Former chairman, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Former chairman, Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality; Trustee, the Laurance Rockefeller Charitable Trust
- John H. Adams, President & Co-founder; Former Assistant US Attorney (New York)
- Adam Albright, Vice Chair; Board member, Redefining Progress; Board Chair, Population Communications International; Program Chair, Conservation International
- Richard E. Ayres, Co-founder & Treasurer; Partner, Howrey & Simon; Former chairman, National Clean Air Coalition
- Linda Geer, Health & Environment Program Director; Former staff scientist, Environmental Defense; Former technical director, Hazardous Waste Treatment Council
- Alan Horn,Vice Chair; Chairman & Chief Operating Officer, Warner Brothers
- Burks Lapham, Vice Chair; Chairman, Concern Inc.; Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Alan Metrick, Director of Communications; Former Partner, The PR Consulting Group (New York City); Former Exec VP, David M. Grant Inc.
- Kathleen Scheg, Legislative Director
- Frederick A. O. Schwartz, Jr., Chairman of the Board; Partner, Cravath Swaine & Moore; Former NYC corporation counsel (under Mayor Ed Koch)
- Gregory Wetstone, Legislative Director; Former environmental chief counsel, US Congressional Health and Environment Subcommittee; Author, "Acid Rain in Europe and North America"
- George Woodwell; Vice Chair; Founding Director, Woods Hole Research Center
Contact
Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-727-2700
Fax 212-727-1773
Email: nrdcinfo@nrdc.org
Websites:
http://www.nrdc.org
http://www.Accord21.org
http://www.AmicusJournal.org
http://www.EarthSmartCars.org
http://www.LeedBuilding.org
http://www.NaturesVoice.org
