Luke Cole

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Luke Winthrop Cole (July 15, 1962 - June 6, 2009) was an environmental lawyer and the co-founder of the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, in California. He was a pioneer in using legal work for the environmental justice movement.

Education and career[]

Luke Winthrop Cole was born on July 15, 1962 in North Adams, Massachusetts to Herbert Cole and Alexandra Chappell Cole.[1]

Cole graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1984, and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989.[2]

Cole served as counsel for the Native Village of Kivalina, Alaska, in its case seeking damages from greenhouse gas emitters from the damage to their town due to global warming.[1][3]

He taught courses in environmental justice at UC Berkeley, UC Hastings and Stanford Law.[3]

Death[]

Cole died on June 6, 2009 in a car crash in Uganda.[1][2][3]

Publications[]

  • Cole, Luke, and Sheila Foster. 2001. From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement. New York: NYU Press. ISBN 9780814715376.

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hevesi, Dennis (June 10, 2009). "Luke Cole, Court Advocate for Minorities, Dies at 46". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Taylor, Michael (June 9, 2009). "Luke Cole - environmental justice lawyer - dies". San Francisco Chronicle – via articles.sfgate.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Carlson, Ann (June 7, 2009). "Luke Cole, Environmental Justice Activist, Killed in Car Crash".
  4. ^ "Stewarship Award". American Bar Association. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources | Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources". Abanet.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2013-05-20.


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