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Natural Resources Defense Council

The Natural Resources Defense Council is a New York City-based, non-profit international environmental advocacy group, with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montana, and Beijing, China. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 2.4 million members and online activities nationwide and a staff of about 500 lawyers, scientists and other policy experts. Wikipedia*

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Natural Resources Defense Council has hosted 24 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1988 News Conference. The year with the most events was 1989 with two events. Most appearances with Erik D. Olson (5), Nancy Stoner (5), Russell Train (2). Most common tags: Water Supply, Environment, Natural Resources.

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