This is the Twitter account of the Colby College Environmental Studies Program

Waterville, Maine, USA
Joined December 2015
Great opportunity for @ColbyEnvStudies folks
The #AmericanClimateCorps will mobilize a new generation of Americans to confront the climate crisis head on. Today, we’re launching climatecorps.gov, where you can learn more about the ACC's critical work and how you can be a part of it.
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In collaboration with the Buck Lab for Climate and Environment and @GoodEnergyStory, Assoc. Prof. of English Matthew Schneider-Mayerson is launching a tool to help measure how effectively narratives like films and TV shows represent climate change. brnw.ch/21wHuuT
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Check this out, @ColbyEnvStudies students!
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Gail Carlson, director of Colby’s Buck Lab for Climate and Environment and assistant professor of environmental studies, provided extensive commentary in @PressHerald about the PFAS crisis in Maine. brnw.ch/21wFzj8
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Stacy-ann Robinson, associate professor of environmental studies, was included in a recent story by @NPR about the impact of the upcoming climate negotiations in Dubai. brnw.ch/21wEYji
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WPI is proud to host the New England Council of Latin American Studies annual meeting. The @NECLAS_50 event began Friday night with The Global School Forum on #climate change challenges in the #Caribbean. Insight from @nigelOMbrissett, @island_scholar, @MimiSheller, @KRhiney.
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Pleased to play a part in Maine's leading-edge response to #PFAS pollution @ColbyEnvStudies news.colby.edu/story/finding…
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What's the link between #colonialism & #climate #vulnerability in the #Caribbean? In this new paper, my @ColbyEnvStudies students & I show how the Dutch influenced Georgetown physically & the British, socially, politically & economically. Available here👉🏾tinyurl.com/5apa6zxh
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Grateful for the chance to talk wildfires, air pollution and climate change with @joelawlorph @ColbyEnvStudies @jblearning As smoke shrouds Maine skies, scientist foresees more on the horizon pressherald.com/?p=7164881
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Congrats Stacy-ann 🥂 Must have been one of the easiest promotion decisions ever. We really enjoyed having you as a visiting scholar at @Penn and look forward to ongoing collaboration 😊
I've been promoted to Associate Professor! @ColbyEnvStudies & @ColbyCollege have been incredibly supportive of my work. So too have my students & colleagues near & far. Many thanks to each of them & to my mentors who have selflessly poured into my cup.
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On the recommendation of President David A. Greene, three faculty members have been promoted to full professor status and three to associate professor status. Read more about their expertise and research. fal.cn/3zi7D
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I've been promoted to Associate Professor! @ColbyEnvStudies & @ColbyCollege have been incredibly supportive of my work. So too have my students & colleagues near & far. Many thanks to each of them & to my mentors who have selflessly poured into my cup.
On the recommendation of President David A. Greene, three faculty members have been promoted to full professor status and three to associate professor status. Read more about their expertise and research. fal.cn/3zi7D
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Are you an environmental social scientist w/a PhD or ABD excited to teach at a liberal arts college?@ColbyEnvStudies is hiring a one-year VAP in environmental policy for 9/1/2023. Application review begins in three weeks on 7/1/2023👉🏾apply.interfolio.com/126652
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Tiffany Wu '19, Ashley Weaver '22, Josiah Johnson '19 & @ColbyEnvStudies Prof. @PhilipNyhus are co-authors on @SciReports article finding that habitats suitable for Asian elephants across Asia have decreased by >64% since 1700. go.nature.com/425FvVV @NaturePortfolio
Habitats suitable for Asian elephants across Asia have decreased by over 64%—equating to 3.3 million square kilometres of land—since the year 1700, estimates a study published in @SciReports. go.nature.com/425FvVV
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I was pleased to write a defense of Maine's leading-edge restrictions on toxic #PFAS Commentary: We know more than enough about PFAS to restrict their use pressherald.com/?p=7025123
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An @MSN story about how famed Utah ski area Park City has chosen to ban ski wax containing toxic “forever chemicals” referenced important research from Colby, led by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Gail Carlson. fal.cn/3wGEY
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Professor of Environmental Studies Philip Nyhus represented Colby at a workshop focused on supporting on campus climate-change efforts that also benefit surrounding communities. The workshop was co-hosted by the @WHOSTP and @UW, with support from the @NSF. fal.cn/3wFpY
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