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Worth Magazine writes: "One of America's 100 Best Charities. . . . Even by environmentalist standards, this is a relentless group of lawyers and scientists."


What the News Sources Say

"One of the nation's most powerful environmental groups."
-- The New York Times

"NRDC is by many accounts, the most effective lobbying and litigating group on environmental issues."
-- Wall Street Journal

"NRDC's lawyers are said by eco-observers to know more about environmental law than the government does."
-- U.S. News & World Report

"By almost any measure, the most influential national environmental organization is NRDC."
-- Eco Magazine

"NRDC is one of the most effective environmental litigators on the globe."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

"A credible and forceful advocate for stringent environmental protection; you'd like NRDC on your side if you wanted the federal government to do something on a major policy matter. . . "
-- The National Journal

"When an environmental cause needs first-class legal representation, it turns to NRDC."
-- The Washington Monthly

"It's hard to find a major environmental law it hasn't helped shape within Congress, the courts and federal agencies."
-- Wall Street Journal


What the Other Environmentalists Say

"Today, in a time when Congress would take the names of Americans off the deeds to their own public lands, it is reassuring that NRDC is on guard with its excellent attorneys, policy analysts, and scientists . . . Now, more than ever, NRDC is indispensable."
-- Jim Baca, former director, Bureau of Land Management

"NRDC's lawyers have literally written the laws that protect the environment . . ."
-- David Getches, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Colorado Law School

"NRDC, more than any other major national environmental group, has made energy efficiency a cornerstone in its work to build both a more prosperous and fairer economy and a cleaner, safer world."
-- Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute


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