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By Linda Tucker. Background Information. The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. Founded in 1970 1.3 million members and online activists. Priority Issues.
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Background Information • The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. • Founded in 1970 • 1.3 million members and online activists
Priority Issues • Curbing global warming and creating the clean energy future • Reviving the world's oceans • Defending endangered wildlife and wild places • Protecting our health by preventing pollution • Ensuring safe and sufficient water • Fostering sustainable communities
Reaching Goals • Staff of over 400 scientists, lawyers, and policy experts • Presence in centers of government, manufacturing, finance, environmental innovation, and entertainment • Group of supporters
Success • Clean car standards raised to 54.5 mpg • Better mercury standards • Nuclear waste disposal court win • Ending overfishing in federal oceans • Completing the last piece of the California Underwater Park Network