But the group he co-founded, the Natural Resources Defense Council, grew well beyond it.
Adams co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council to encourage responsible stewardship of our natural resources.
Ms. FRANCES BEINECKE (President, Natural Resources Defense Council): Climate is upfront and center in everything.
Like, for example, EarthJustice (formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund), Greenpeace USA, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) produced the infographic below outlining the history of antibiotic use in animal feed.
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 75% of beach closings are due to high levels of harmful bacteria.
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The source of that chaos, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), is known for that sort of alarmist junk science.
The Natural Resources Defense Council argues that the new airport will destroy wetlands and hurt water quality in the Bay.
The Natural Resources Defense Council hasn't yet considered being a part of the center, spokeswoman Kate Slusark wrote in an email.
In September, I visited China, where my organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council, has been active for nearly 15 years.
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According to a recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council it's because of that ginormous TV set you just bought.
Before that, he was a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading environmental group that strongly endorsed Bryson's nomination last year.
Those insights are drawn from an annual report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released today as the nation gears up for Memorial Day Weekend.
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Environmentalists, like John Walke of Natural Resources Defense Council, say the Bush administration is abandoning an essential tool to force those plant to clean up fast.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, which released its "Sounding the Depths" report Monday, pushed the Navy to find out before putting the new submarine-detection system to work.
Nathanael Greene, a biofuels expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, puts the chances at about 50-50 that lawmakers will fix what he describes as an unintentional slight.
Frances Beinecke is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The benchmark study, by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), found that plug-in hybrids are cleaner than regular cars in each of nine scenarios.
Deron Lovaas, transportation policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the study "hit the nail on the head in terms of the opportunity" to promote alternative modes of transportation.
"I think unfortunately, 2012 really may well be the new normal, " said Daniel Lashof, director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a U.S. environmental group.
They are now trying to assess their legal strategies, with the Natural Resources Defense Council saying that clean air advocates might ask for a re-hearing before the full bench comprising the D.
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John took a chance on an idea he cared about, and co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, which grew into a powerful and important voice in protecting the safety of our air and water.
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The Center for Biological Diversity was one of three environmental groups, including Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council, that sued the federal government to force a decision on the status of the polar bears.
This mandate came from a lawsuit brought against the EPA by the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1992 that accused the EPA of taking too long to list coal-fired power plants as sources of mercury.
"It's a tough time these days to get legislation through, " says Wetstone, a former Hill staffer who, prior to joining American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), spent 10 directing advocacy efforts for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Under the terms of the deal, TXU said that it would not build eight of its 11 proposed coal-fired power plants, winning the approval of two key environmental groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense.
Dr. Sarah Janssen, a physician and scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group, says that she frequently sees patients complaining of symptoms related to toxic levels of mold, lead, formaldehyde and tobacco smoke.
Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other left-wing organizations have launched a lawsuit aimed at compelling the Bush Administration to "reassess...the potential environmental damage" to be caused by its planned test facility in Alaska and provide...for public comment.
In 2012, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Defenders of Wildlife also filed suit to stop another 663 megawatt 4, 600-acre Calico solar plant to be built on 7.2 square miles in the Mohave Desert northeast of Los Angeles.
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If the EPA adopts the proposals that such green groups as the Natural Resources Defense Council are lobbying for, utilities that phase out their coal operations early would generate credits they could sell to other operators to keep their coal plants running longer.
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