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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said. That chance encounter with Swan in Kotzebue led to Cole representing Kivalina in a lawsuit in 2002 against one of the world’s largest zinc mines, Teck Cominco’s Red Dog Mine, alleging that the Canadian mining giant was polluting the Wulik River.

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The Rise of the ‘Climate Friendly’ Cow

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New research published in Nature Climate Change in March, which was able to pinpoint the warming caused by livestock emissions for the first time, has added to the pressure. In 2006, he famously challenged the methodology of the UN’s landmark Livestock’s Long Shadow report. Mitloehner is a controversial figure.