The head of one of the nation’s most influential environmental groups announced her resignation on Monday after two years of leading a major legal battle against President Trump’s agenda.
Rhea Suh, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, told supporters in an email that she will step down in June after managing to hold back one of the “most dangerous” White Houses in history.
“Together, we have taken on powerful polluters, defended bedrock environmental safeguards from the most dangerous White House in history and taken major strides to protect our climate, our clean air and water and our natural heritage,” she said in an emailed letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The NRDC has been influential in environmental rule-makings, especially under the Obama administration, which often made it a target of the GOP.
Conservatives often comment that Trump’s presidency has helped NRDC and other groups ramp up fundraising.
Suh said she is leaving the organization at a time when its collective strength is at its highest in fighting the Trump administration over the past two years.
“I believe that now is the right time for me to step down and focus on new opportunities that are available in this moment to empower communities and effect change,” she said.
Suh will stay on for the next five months to help the group seek its next leader.
