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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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This philosophy led Cole to structure CRPE so that community organizers were in the lead and lawyers would be accountable to the organizers. In 2001, Cole met Colleen Swan, a citizen of Kivalina, during an environmental workshop in Kotzebue, Alaska, following a presentation he gave. A Personal Relationship. named him after Cole.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Since 2014, Pepperwood, which is not an Indigenous organization, has worked under the guidance of a Native advisory council , chaired by McKay, who is Wappo, Pomo, and Wintun, to implement such practices. Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. ranked third globally in forest cover lost to fires. The implications extend nationwide.