text: More broadly, NRDC's priorities do not align with those of the public. Remember, all policymaking is a balancing of interests. For environmental policymaking, the balance is often struck between economic progress and environmental protection. But NRDC's input is decidedly unbalanced. As with modern environmentalism as a whole, the NRDC demonizes industry in general, and fossil fuels in particular. They've personified coal as "evil" and they believe that global warming should be the world's number one priority. However, these positions are not shared by the vast majority of the Americans, who worry about their material wellbeing in addition to environmental protection.