Question

Last week, the Citizens for a Greener America sent a formal letter to Tee Time Golf Resort requesting that the private club measure its carbon footprint and thusly publicly disclose the amount of fertilizer and other carbon-emitting substances it's using on its two award-winning golf courses. Citizens for a Greener America is an example of

(1) an employee organization that has emerged at the resort.
(2) a public interest group that is demonstrating social responsibility.
(3) a watchdog group.
(4) a disgruntled nonprofit organization that has a beef against golfers.

Answer 1

3) a watchdog group.

Step-by-step explanation:

"Citizens for a Greener America" is an organization that tries to monitor the carbon footprint of other institutions and then will make the information they discover public.

"Citizens for a Greener America" acts as a watchdog group that tries to discover and make public undesirable activities carried out by government, public or private organizations.