Summer 2024 Clean Energy & Equity Intern

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Dec 12, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Sustainability
San Francisco

Requirements

Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values.
You are enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program with City College of San Francisco or San Francisco State University that directly or indirectly relates to California energy policy, equity, and/or environmental justice.
You have an interest in learning about designing equitable energy policies that lead to high-quality clean energy jobs available for everyone living in California.

Responsibilities

You will be an integral part of NRDC, working as a critical member of our Western Energy Team in the San Francisco office. You will gain exposure to a variety of activities and build transferable skills. The following are some examples of activities that you can expect throughout the internship:
Participate in staff meetings and learn about how a large non-profit operates.
Participate in meetings with advocates from other environmental and social justice organizations and potentially with Commissioners and Legislators.
Learn the regulatory processes of key state energy agencies where most of California’s energy policy is determined.
Interact with various NRDC staff to widen your exposure to various projects and programs;
Enhance analytical research ability.
Deepen written and oral advocacy skills.
Leave with completed projects (e.g., blogs, memos, graphics, etc.) that can be added to your professional resume.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

The Earth's Best Defense

Government

Industry

501-1000

Employees

1970

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.3 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. Worth Magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities, and the Wise Giving Alliance of the Better Business Bureau reports that NRDC meets its highest standards for accountability and use of donor funds. NRDC was founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental movement. NRDC lawyers helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws. Today, our staff of more than 300 lawyers, scientists and policy experts -- a MacArthur "genius" award-winner among them -- work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing. The New York Times calls us "One of the nation's most powerful environmental groups." The National Journal says we're "A credible and forceful advocate for stringent environmental protection." With the support of our members and online activists, NRDC works to solve the most pressing environmental issues we face today: curbing global warming, getting toxic chemicals out of the environment, moving America beyond oil, reviving our oceans, saving wildlife and wild places, and helping China go green.