NRDC Response to Congressional Letter: “These Allegations Are False”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a response from Bob Deans, strategic engagement director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) to a letter sent by Republicans on the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce to environmental groups this week:

"These allegations are false. We receive no funding from the governments of Russia or China. We answer to our independent leadership, and we don't do the bidding of any government - foreign or otherwise - in our work to advocate for commonsense environmental protections in the public interest. These allegations are rooted in a smear campaign orchestrated nearly a decade ago by fossil fuel interests and a right-wing think tank. They only serve now, as then, as a distraction."

Deans addressed the geopolitics of Russian aggression in Ukraine on C-Span this week https://www.c-span.org/video/?518282-5/washington-journal-bob-deans-discusses-russia-ukraine-crisis-us-energy-policy.

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Bozeman, MT, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org and follow us on Twitter @NRDC.