Luke Cole

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.

For the English rugby union player, see Luke Cole (rugby union).

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. Hevesi, Dennis (June 10, 2009). "Luke Cole, Court Advocate for Minorities, Dies at 46". The New York Times.
  2. Taylor, Michael (June 9, 2009). "Luke Cole - environmental justice lawyer - dies". San Francisco Chronicle – via articles.sfgate.com.
  3. 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. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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