Government Affairs Intern
Washington, DC Office
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit national environmental advocacy organization with more than 1.3 million members and online activists. With offices in New York, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Beijing, our staff of nearly 400 lawyers, scientists, policy analysts and others works to protect the environment and public health through advocacy and education.
NRDC uses law, science, and the support of more than 1.3 million members and activists nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. In addition to our New York headquarters, we have three regional offices. The Washington DC office spearheads NRDC’s national advocacy efforts.
NRDC uses law, science, and the support of more than 1.3 million members and activists nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. In addition to our New York headquarters, we have three regional offices. The Washington DC office spearheads NRDC’s national advocacy efforts.
In the 1970's Congress enacted a remarkable series of new laws—including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act—that establish regulatory safeguards and enable environmentalists to use the courts, the bargaining table and even the marketplace to clean up our air and water, protect wilderness and wildlife, and improve the safety of the food we eat and the water we drink.
NRDC's Government Affairs team is dedicated to protecting and building upon the framework of environmental law. We press for vital new programs to meet such difficult challenges as global warming, urban sprawl, air and water pollution, depletion of our fisheries, pesticide threats to children's health, and, of course, disappearing wilderness and wildlife. We also keep the public and the media informed about attempts to roll back environmental and health protections or circumvent the democratic process with "riders" quietly attached to budget bills. We've successfully rebuffed numerous such attacks in recent years, and will continue our fight to defend—and strengthen—our nation's environmental laws.
NRDC’s Government Affairs Program is accepting applications for an unpaid spring semester internship position beginning in January 2012. The Government Affairs intern works directly with program and advocacy staff tracking legislation, distributing materials to congressional staff, conducting research and proof reading advocacy documents, attending briefings and hearings on timely environmental issues, and working with coalitions of national environmental organizations, as well as other duties that may arise in this active work environment. Interning at NRDC’s Washington DC office offers unique exposure to Congress at an organization with a long track record of successful participation in natural resources policy.
Candidates for this internship should be an advanced undergraduate and be available to work at least four days per week. Applicants should submit their resume, cover letter and writing sample online at www.nrdc.org/jobs by Friday, January 6th.
NRDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit www.nrdc.org.
Washington, DC, US.
