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About the Role

NRDC's Climate & Energy Department is seeking a graduate intern to support ongoing projects and priorities for our Industrial Division. This intern will report into the Senior Carbon Management Specialist. This intern can be based out of either our Chicago or San Francisco office. Interns are expected to be onsite 3 days per week. The Carbon Dioxide Removal intern will support NRDC’s emerging portfolio on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and contribute to efforts focused on scaling high-quality, responsible, and equitable CDR solutions. Working closely with the CDR team, the intern will help track policy, regulatory, and market developments related to CDR; map key stakeholders and summarize perspectives from partner organizations, policymakers, industry representatives, and other experts; and identify opportunities for engagement and advocacy at the state level, with an initial focus on California. The intern will develop policy briefs, educational materials, presentations, and other communications resources for partners and policymakers, and support convenings and outreach activities that strengthen NRDC’s role in shaping effective and responsible CDR policy and implementation.

Responsibilities

Research, data collection, and analysis
Writing and developing materials for state and federal campaigns
Supporting with designing equitable policy solutions
Copywriting and editing social media posts and supporting on marketing campaigns
Brainstorming opportunities for process improvements, new vendors, partnerships, and engagement
Project management of department and team-wide initiatives
Track policy, regulatory, and market developments related to CDR
Map key stakeholders and summarize perspectives from partner organizations, policymakers, industry representatives, and other experts
Identify opportunities for engagement and advocacy at the state level, with an initial focus on California
Develop policy briefs, educational materials, presentations, and other communications resources for partners and policymakers
Support convenings and outreach activities that strengthen NRDC’s role in shaping effective and responsible CDR policy and implementation

Requirements

Must be currently enrolled in a graduate program
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently and collaboratively, within a team
Project management and/or problem solving skills
Strong attention to detail
Commitment to NRDC’s mission, values, and DEI principles

Skills

Asana
CRM tool

Location

Chicago
San Francisco

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Graduate Intern

Education Level

Graduate program enrollment

Salary/Compensations

$10,000.00 stipend

Benefits

Paid internship

About the Company

NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) works to safeguard the Earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
NRDC combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 800 policy advocates, lawyers, scientists, and communication experts to confront the climate crisis, protect nature, ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
As an international nonprofit environmental organization, NRDC is working to address the world’s most urgent environmental challenges, and advance innovative, science-based, and enforceable solutions.
Since our founding in 1970, NRDC has helped craft and deliver many of America’s foundational environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
Today, we continue to lead in advancing and defending strong environmental protections at the local, state, federal and international levels, as well as through the marketplace.
Our team works across the United States and around the world, from offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., as well as in Beijing, and New Delhi (a subsidiary of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd.).
Supported by our members and online activists, NRDC is driving impactful solutions that confront the climate crisis, defend nature and safeguard public health across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
At NRDC, we believe lasting change happens when people bring their talent, passion, and expertise together for a common purpose: to build a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient world.
Learn more at nrdc.org.

Equal Opportunity

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.