Luke Cole

American environmental lawyer

Stanford University
Harvard Law School

OccupationEnvironmental lawyer

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; Foster, Sheila (2001). From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement. New York: NYU Press. ISBN 9780814715376..

Awards

Environmental Leadership Award (1997) – UC Berkeley's Ecology Law Quarterly.^[3]
Award for Excellence in Environmental, Energy, and Resources Stewardship (2009) – American Bar Association^[4]^[5]

References

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