Luke Winthrop Cole | |
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 Luke Cole in Uganda 2009 | |
| Born | July 15, 1962 |
| Died | June 6, 2009 (aged 46) Uganda |
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| Occupation | Environmental 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.
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]
Cole died on June 6, 2009, in a car crash in Uganda. [1] [2] [3]
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