NRDC

By carpenm
  • NRDC founded

    NRDC founded

    Their policy is"Protecting our land, air, and water since 1970." it was founded to protect from corporate greed.
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency

    President Richard Nixon creates the EPA by executive order.
  • Clean Water Act

    Clean Water Act

    Clean water act is made becaus eof major input from NRDC.
  • Lawsuit to Curb Acid Rain

    Lawsuit to Curb Acid Rain

    NRDC wins lawsuit and forces coal- fired powerplants to control pollution.
  • Alaskan Wilderness

    Alaskan Wilderness

    Helps win 100 million acres of Alaska for the protection of wildlife.
  • Water pollution Settlement

    Water pollution Settlement

    lawsuit wins $1.5 million against Bethlehem Steel for water pollution.
  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Defeat the bill to open the arctic national wildlife refuge to oil drilling.
  • Nature's Voice

    Nature's Voice

    launched Membership bullitin.
  • U.S. Navy’s use of Sonar

    U.S. Navy’s use of Sonar

    Federal judges side with NRDC to limit low frequency sonar in the Hawaian Isand's Whale Sanctuary.
  • U.N. Climate Change Conference

    U.N. Climate Change Conference

    NRDC delegation attends U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.