Art Cooley
Person
1934 –
Who is Art Cooley?
Arthur P. "Art" Cooley is a former biology teacher, naturalist and expedition leader, and a co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund.
In the mid-1960s, while a teacher at Bellport High School on New York's Long Island, Cooley was one of several local activists who came together to stop the use of the pesticide/pollutant DDT by the Suffolk County Mosquito Control Commission. From that successful collaboration emerged the Environmental Defense Fund, a non-profit environmental advocacy group with offices nationwide, and representatives working around the world. By 2012 EDF claimed 700,000 members and nearly $100 million in annual support.
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