Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

ABA Award for Excellence in Environmental, Energy, and Resources Stewardship

2009 Award Recipients
	The late Luke W. Cole was one of this nation's most important and innovative environmental attorneys. He co-founded the Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment (CRPE) with Ralph Abascal in 1989. Sofia L. Parino, Staff Attorney from the Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment accepted the award on behalf of CRPE and Luke Cole. more...
Luke W. Cole
	Richard B. Stewart, University Professor, John E. Sexton Professor of Law, and Director of the Center on Environmental and Land Use Law at New York University, is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading environmental law scholars. more...
Richard B. Stewart
2007 Award Recipients
	Richard Roos-Collins, director of Legal Services at the Natural Heritage Institute in San Francisco, is a former attorney in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of General Counsel and a former deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice. more...
Richard Roos-Collins
	Stephen D. Ramsey, vice president for Corporate Environmental Programs at General Electric Co. (GE) in Fairfield, Connecticut, is widely accredited with transforming GE into a company that is a national leader in both adopting and implementing corporate environmental strategy. more...
Stephen D. Ramsey

2006 Award Recipient
	Legacy’s mission is to create environmentally responsible citizens through balanced, fact-based education that considers diverse environmental views. Paige Moreland, Executive Director of Legacy, Inc. accepted on Legacy’s behalf. more...
Legacy, Inc.
2005 Award Recipient
	Charles H. Chisolm is the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in Jackson, Miss. Mr. Chisolm has helped achieve significant victories in Mississippi aimed at protecting and sustaining environmental resources. more...
Charles H. Chisolm
2004 Award Recipient
	Douglas I. Foy is currently the secretary of Commonwealth Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a newly created position in which he oversees the state's environmental, energy, transportation and resources agencies... more...
Douglas I. Foy
2003 Award Recipient
	John A. Delaney is one of Florida's leading environmental stewards. During his two terms as mayor of Jacksonville, Delaney's vision brought the city to national prominence for the restoration of the St. Johns River and the preservation of its environmentally sensitive lands. more...
John A. Delaney
2002 Award Recipient
	For the past 35 years, C. Thomas Wyche has devoted a significant portion of his personal and professional time to the conservation of approximately 100,000 acres of magnificent wilderness forests in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North and South Carolina. more...
C. Thomas Wyche

In 2008 the ABA Award for Excellence in Environmental, Energy, and Resources Stewardship was not bestowed.