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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC’s Litigation Team is seeking one or more Litigation Fellow(s) for a two-year fellowship (with the possibility of a third year extension) starting in Fall 2020. Fellow(s) will work in one of our five main U.S. offices: New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, or Santa Monica.
Litigation Fellows will join NRDC’s Litigation Team, which represents NRDC and coalition partners in complex civil litigation to protect public health and the environment. The Litigation Team is a group of approximately 30 lawyers and 7 litigation assistants across several NRDC offices. We pursue litigation across a broad range of environmental and public health issues, often working in collaboration with and on behalf of communities most impacted by environmental injustices (including Black, indigenous, people of color, low-income and rural communities). We have filed numerous lawsuits resisting the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections, including cases defending national monuments, challenging the suspension of clean water safeguards, opposing offshore drilling and seismic exploration, and protecting energy efficiency standards. We also have a growing docket of environmental enforcement cases against government and private party polluters. This includes cases to protect the people of Newark, New Jersey, and Flint, Michigan, from lead in drinking water; to remediate toxic pollution in the Penobscot River in Maine; to abate mold in New York City public housing for residents with asthma; and to halt air pollution from a coal-fired power plant in Illinois.
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Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) (www.e2.org) is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for smart policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. Our members have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies, created more than 600,000 jobs, and manage more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital. E2 is a partner of NRDC.
The 1 Hotels Fellowship at E2 is designed to support and develop young entrepreneurs and emerging business leaders who seek to make the world a better place through direct and indirect advocacy for change that’s good for the economy and good for the environment.
Fellows will work in partnership with E2 advocates and staff to identify pressing environmental issues and needs across the country, and then help communicate and amplify the business and economic case for smart policies to address these issues.
Fellows will receive $20,000 each to work on selected projects. Up to 10 fellows will be selected for the 2019-2020 program cycle, which will run from October 2019 through 2020. See our website for more info
Fellows will be chosen by a committee of seasoned entrepreneurs and environmental leaders, including members of E2’s national network of business leaders and NRDC’s environmental experts. Some preference may be given to location-specific projects where E2 operates, and to projects that help E2 expand our reach in new regions.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
Position Summary:
The planet is beset by two interrelated crises: climate change and ecosystem collapse. Experts have identified large-scale conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems as critical strategies to reduce CO2 emissions, deliver negative emissions and safeguard the world’s biodiversity. Accordingly, NRDC is prioritizing the conservation of wild, ecologically- and carbon-rich habitats, including calling on nations of the world to adopt an ambitious plan to help safeguard nature and life on Earth by protecting 30 percent of the world’s land and 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030 (“30 by 30”). NRDC is seeking a Climate Change and Ecosystem Ecology Science Fellow for a fulltime, two-year post-doctoral Fellowship. The Fellow will provide subject matter expertise and conduct multidisciplinary research and analysis on land-based carbon sequestration and ecosystem functioning within the context of climate change.
Specific topics and projects undertaken by the Fellow will include:
- Reviewing and analyzing available scientific literature about Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Removal (ECDR) approaches, with specific emphasis on how these strategies relate to the “30 by 30” biodiversity goal;
- Identifying gaps in existing data that need to be considered prior to deployment of these ECDR strategies
- Assessing the range and robustness of existing estimates of forest climate mitigation potential in United States and the temperate rain forests of Chile, the risks to these sinks and developing criteria for identifying the greatest opportunities for increasing these sinks;
- Assessing the range of existing estimates for ecosystem-wide carbon in Canada’s Boreal Forest, where is this carbon located, the drivers that could lead to its release, and the range of estimates for potential carbon loss from various drivers;
- Establishing reliable estimates for potential soil carbon sequestration in agricultural soil sinks in the United States, identifying factors that account for the range in existing estimates and creating criteria for the identification of geographic areas of opportunity for accelerating the adoption of climate-mitigating practices;
- Analyzing carbon removal potential for these ECDR pathways including volumes needed to meet climate goals, costs, benefits and drawbacks, and barriers and opportunities;
- Organizing and hosting a workshop of internal and external experts to discuss and seek feedback on the results of the analysis;
- Developing a policy and implementation roadmap for NRDC to help speed deployment of ECDR in the identified regions, including short- and medium-term opportunities, in close collaboration with NRDC legal, policy, and science staff;
- Identifying and assessing political and societal barriers to deployment.
The Climate Change and Ecosystem Ecology Science Fellow is supported by NRDC’s Science Center and its Science Fellows program, which is a key element of the Science Center’s mission to enhance NRDC’s scientific capabilities and provide resources and support for policy and advocacy work. The Science Fellows program provides young scientists interested in working in the science, policy and advocacy arena with professional experience and on-the-job training; it is an excellent opportunity to refine existing skills and build new ones, develop professionally, publish work, and gain important competencies.
The Fellow will be based in our San Francisco, CA office (preferred) or our Washington, D.C. or New York, NY offices.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
NRDC is seeking a legal extern to work with the Environmental Justice team in our Santa Monica office. The externship may be part-time or full-time with a start date of January 6 until May 1 2019. We can be flexible with start and end dates.
NRDC seeks candidates who are eligible for academic credit, or outside funding such as law school work-study or postgraduate fellowship funding, to support their externship work. NRDC will work with successful candidates to complete any paperwork necessary to help secure available credit or funding.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is hiring an experienced outreach director to join the Campaigns & External Affairs division in the Center for Policy Advocacy department in its Washington, DC office. Reporting to the Managing Director of Campaigns & External Affairs, the National Outreach Director will develop and implement a cross-institutional strategy to increase the effectiveness of NRDC’s advocacy and support NRDC in meeting its strategic plan goals, which emphasize deep and transformational partnerships with new organizations representing diverse constituencies, as well as building out relationships with current partners to address the climate and other environmental crises facing our communities. The ideal candidate is a dynamic individual with a proven track record of cultivating, growing and maintaining partnerships with a range of organizations and individuals, both in the traditional environmental and broader progressive fields.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
NRDC’s Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) affiliate is the business voice for the environment. E2 is a national, nonpartisan group of business owners, investors and others who advocate for policies that are good for the environment and good for the economy. E2’s 5,000 members and supporters, organized in nine chapters stretching from New England to San Diego, have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies; created more than 600,000 jobs and control more than $100 billion in private equity and venture capital. E2 is a part of NRDC’s Center for Policy Advocacy department.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking an E2 Northeast Advocate, based in New York, to lead and coordinate E2’s advocacy and chapter organizing work in the Northeast region, including the recruitment, engagement and deployment of business leaders and other messengers to advance E2’s and NRDC’s advocacy work at the state, regional and federal levels.
Job duties include identifying, organizing, engaging and amplifying business leaders to support our advocacy for climate, clean energy, clean water, smart transportation and other policies at the intersection of the environment and the economy. This includes building relationships with business leaders and lawmakers, recruiting new E2 members, organizing E2 chapter events, helping developing communication pieces and coordinating with E2 and NRDC staff other in-state partners. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with experience working with businesses or the private sector, or has experience building and managing volunteer-led organizations.
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a national nonprofit public health and environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and ensure a safe and healthy environment for all people and living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, and many of those laws’ implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases have also played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others work out of offices in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montana, and Beijing.
RECENT NRDC VICTORIES
- Successfully challenging numerous rollbacks of environmental protections by the Trump administration
- Advancing clean energy and climate change projects in India
- Safeguarding the people of Flint, Michigan, from continued exposure to lead in drinking water
- Successfully defending the protection of 128 million acres of ocean in the Arctic from oil and gas leasing
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a Membership Gift Officer to work with the Development team in our San Francisco office. Under the direction of the Deputy Director of Membership, the Membership Gift Officer will develop a portfolio of mid-level donors in Northern California whose gifts range from $1000 to more than $10,000 dollars annually, through personal visits, and regular phone and email contact. This position will cultivate relationships with people in this giving segment to move them into larger commitments by providing personalized attention, appreciation and information on programs of their interest. The primary focus will be on donors in the Membership Leadership Giving Circles, however, this Gift Officer will also grow donor’s gifts and screen for major and planned giving prospects.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
Position Summary:
We’re looking for a seasoned campaigner and social media expert to fill a new, critical role on our growing social media team. The Defense Campaign Social Media Editor will focus on using social media to fight the White House and Congress’s attempts to roll back environmental safeguards, gut our federal agencies, destroy our public lands, and threaten our safety and health. This is a term-limited position ending in December 2020.
This position will help to lead the environmental resistance movement by developing social media campaign plans to defend against President Trump’s anti-environment assaults. As part of our NYC-based social media team, this position will report to the Social Media Director but work closely with NRDC’s Campaigns and Digital Advocacy teams.
You’ll create and deploy content (paid and organic) that advocates for climate action, embraces NRDC-crafted solutions, and inspires our community of supporters to take action. We need someone who can identify opportunities and innovative ways to communicate awareness and solutions to the world’s toughest environmental problems.
Deep knowledge of national politics and the environment is a plus; expertise in social platforms is a must.
Channel management will not be your primary focus, but you should be comfortable posting and scheduling content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, and Medium. You should have extensive experience promoting content and running paid ad campaigns on the major social platforms and understand the ins and outs of these social ad tools.
As part of NRDC’s Communications Department, you’ll collaborate with our campaigns, marketing, and media relations teams to create content designed to motivate activists, achieve policy goals, grow membership, and increase our reach and influence.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Overview:
NRDC is seeking a Senior Project Coordinator to work with the Facilities team in our New York office. The Facilities and Administration department are responsible for a diverse portfolio that includes space planning, real estate, workplace management, security, capital projects, sustainability, travel and procurement across NRDC offices in the US and China. Under the supervision of the Deputy Director for Facilities and Administration, the Senior Project Coordinator will support and manage projects, monitor workflow and documentation, and manage communication and research for the team. As part of this role, the Senior Project Coordinator will provide administrative support for the Director of Facilities and Sustainability and Deputy Director of Facilities and Administration. The successful candidate will be passionate about having a diverse workload, able to work collaboratively, exercise creative problem solving, have strong communication abilities and organization skills.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a Program Assistant to work with the International Program, including the Latin America and International Climate teams, in our Washington, DC office. The Program Assistant will support our team with their work to advocate for strong climate, energy and environmental policies in key countries internationally. The successful candidate must have excellent communication and problem-solving skills and be able to handle tasks such as: management of budgets, contracts and processing expenses, formatting and proofreading documents, coordinating and booking travel, scheduling meetings, coordinating meetings and events, and researching and preparing materials. Interest in regional environmental policy preferred. S/he must also be fluent in Spanish including reading, writing, and speaking.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a legal extern to work with the Environmental Justice, Marine Mammals, Water and Air teams in our Santa Monica office. NRDC’s fall legal externs may participate in writing briefs, drafting complaints, preparing legal analyses, obtaining affidavits, investigating violations of environmental laws, developing policy advocacy campaigns, and drafting white papers and comments for submission to administrative agencies. NRDC hires passionate students who possess the intelligence, skill, self-confidence, and maturity to take on substantial responsibility. Our externs play an active role on the frontlines of the environmental movement. Over the course of a school term, an NRDC extern will typically work on a variety of projects and amass experience that he or she could not obtain anywhere else. This is an unpaid externship.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a Schneider Summer Fellow to work with the Climate & Clean Energy Team team in our NY office. This will be a 2019 Summer Internship. This opportunity is only open to currently enrolled Stanford students.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 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. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC is seeking a Major Gifts Officer to work with NRDC’s major gifts team in its Chicago office to manage a portfolio of 100-150 donors in the Midwest region. This position will report directly to the Director of Development for the Midwest region.
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