Comments on: Luke Cole has died.

Luke Cole has died.

granted — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:21:59 -0800

Luke Cole, founder of environmental justice organization Center for Race, Poverty, and the Environment (scroll down for bio), has died in a car accident in Uganda. A lawyer, he was representing the village of Kivalina, Alaska, in a lawsuit against 24 oil companies who are alleged to have contributed to global warming. Dozens of people have written tributes to Cole on his Facebook profile. Cole's wife survived the crash.

More on the Kivalina lawsuit (pdf file): "In this lawsuit, the villagers allege that global warming has caused the melting of Arctic sea ice which formerly protected the village from winter storms, and that the increased pace of the melting ice has caused erosion and contends that, 'if the entire village is not relocated soon, the village will be destroyed.'"

By: yeloson

yeloson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:46:15 -0800

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fuzzypantalones — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:04:12 -0800

By: bitteroldman

bitteroldman — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:17:28 -0800

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fourcheesemac — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:14:09 -0800

By: Librarygeek

Librarygeek — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:44:48 -0800

By: ioesf

ioesf — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:25:41 -0800

wow, an environmental justice activist who also studies sidewalk cement stamps and the nation's root beer? who is this man?

By: MuffinMan

MuffinMan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:27:28 -0800

It's amazing how many activists die in car crashes. My condolences to his family and while I wish it hadn't happened at all, at best I hope it was just an accident.

By: granted

granted — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:30:03 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle article Luke Cole (1962-2009) - An Appreciation (from Daily Kos)