Hudson Kingston (he/him) joined CURE in 2023 with a background in environmental law, public health law, and consumer protection. He brings experience partnering with tribes, local nonprofits, low-income advocates, environmental and social justice groups, and local/state/territorial/federal public employees. He has worked in both the Midwest and Washington D.C. on litigation and policy related to climate change, water pollution impacts of mining, pesticide regulation, the environmental and health impacts of e-cigarettes, public records and government transparency, and environmental injustices perpetuated by the administrative state. At CURE, he works on rural energy policy, agency accountability under environmental and transparency laws, and working in coalitions to protect forests from industrialization and over-exploitation.

Hudson graduated from Carleton College and received his J.D. from the University of Iowa School of Law and Master of Laws degrees in Human Rights and International Law from New York University and the National University of Singapore. A born and raised Minnesotan, Hudson lives in the home his grandparents built in the woods outside Ely, where he spends his free time baking bread, chopping wood, and running.