Andy Pattison
@apattison.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Colgate University: subnational climate policy/planning, environmental politics, policy learning and narratives, wilderness and social-ecological systems, and science in the policy process andypattison.com
manuscript submitted and fingers crossed
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
manuscript submitted and fingers crossed
The end of an era. Lots of feelings. Worth a read. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...
Marc Maron on the End of His Landmark Podcast
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The end of an era. Lots of feelings. Worth a read. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...
Come see a great talk today. All are welcome.
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Come see a great talk today. All are welcome.
The current Trump administration is attempting to rescind the Endangerment Finding, which would further hinder efforts to address climate change. Please consider submitting a comment in response to this plan www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
September 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The current Trump administration is attempting to rescind the Endangerment Finding, which would further hinder efforts to address climate change. Please consider submitting a comment in response to this plan www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
This is a stunning read that I highly recommend
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...
What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is a stunning read that I highly recommend
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...
After a year away, I am back in the classroom this fall, teaching "Sustainability & Climate Action Planning" and co-teaching "Rivers: Resources, Politics & Environmental Change" with friend/geology colleague @colddirt.bsky.social Not pictured, dozens of articles by brilliant folks.
August 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
After a year away, I am back in the classroom this fall, teaching "Sustainability & Climate Action Planning" and co-teaching "Rivers: Resources, Politics & Environmental Change" with friend/geology colleague @colddirt.bsky.social Not pictured, dozens of articles by brilliant folks.
As per my usual routine before fall classes start: manuscript submitted and fingers crossed.
August 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As per my usual routine before fall classes start: manuscript submitted and fingers crossed.
I’m coteaching a 300-level interdisciplinary undergrad course with geologist colleague and friend @colddirt.bsky.social in the fall. The course is “Rivers: Resources, Politics, and Environmental Change.” Looking forward to discussing stories like this www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip
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August 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’m coteaching a 300-level interdisciplinary undergrad course with geologist colleague and friend @colddirt.bsky.social in the fall. The course is “Rivers: Resources, Politics, and Environmental Change.” Looking forward to discussing stories like this www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
A short story in the @colgate.edu Research Magazine on my project “Condors over Cattle: Managed Wilderness and the Pastoral Tradition in Northern Baja California,” with
@bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social news.colgate.edu/researchmaga...
@bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social news.colgate.edu/researchmaga...
Condors vs. Cattle | Colgate Research
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July 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A short story in the @colgate.edu Research Magazine on my project “Condors over Cattle: Managed Wilderness and the Pastoral Tradition in Northern Baja California,” with
@bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social news.colgate.edu/researchmaga...
@bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social news.colgate.edu/researchmaga...
@colgate.edu story of Environmental Studies students doing great stuff www.colgate.edu/academics/de...
Colgate Students Present Environmental Policy Research at National Conference | Colgate University
Leigha Schultze and Charlie Tourbaf presented “Redefining Wilderness: Comparative Perspectives and Policy Impacts in Protected Areas Across the U.S., Canada, and Australia” at the Association for Envi...
www.colgate.edu
July 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
@colgate.edu story of Environmental Studies students doing great stuff www.colgate.edu/academics/de...
Loving our vacation back to our former home of Colorado. Our time in Denver was fantastic and now we are headed to the mountains for a few days. My favorite part about seeing our dear old friends at this stage of life is that my daughter is friends with their kids. It is a special kind of joy.
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Loving our vacation back to our former home of Colorado. Our time in Denver was fantastic and now we are headed to the mountains for a few days. My favorite part about seeing our dear old friends at this stage of life is that my daughter is friends with their kids. It is a special kind of joy.
Two students, Leigha Schultze & Charlie Tourbaf, presented “Redefining Wilderness: Comparative Perspectives and Policy Impacts in Protected Areas Across the U.S., Canada, and Australia” at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference in Minneapolis today. They did great!
June 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Two students, Leigha Schultze & Charlie Tourbaf, presented “Redefining Wilderness: Comparative Perspectives and Policy Impacts in Protected Areas Across the U.S., Canada, and Australia” at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference in Minneapolis today. They did great!
Loved this "The story being told over these 16 years was about one man's journey to get his damn life together...The future for WTF will be heavy on awards...there will also be a chance to look back and take stock...Where were we when this started, and where are we now?" defector.com/there-will-n...
There Will Never Be Another 'WTF With Marc Maron' | Defector
I heard Marc Maron announce he was ending his podcast the way that I imagine he’d’ve wanted me to—while walking through my neighborhood in Los Angeles, through wired headphones, just a little too hopp...
defector.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Loved this "The story being told over these 16 years was about one man's journey to get his damn life together...The future for WTF will be heavy on awards...there will also be a chance to look back and take stock...Where were we when this started, and where are we now?" defector.com/there-will-n...
A great read: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris
My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A great read: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
Marc Maron announced that after 16 years, he’ll be wrapping up the WTF podcast. So I’m not ready for any more big changes in my life for a little while.
June 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Marc Maron announced that after 16 years, he’ll be wrapping up the WTF podcast. So I’m not ready for any more big changes in my life for a little while.
Worth a read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Worth a read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Ending the Energy Star program is not a conservative policy choice in any way, shape or form
May 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Ending the Energy Star program is not a conservative policy choice in any way, shape or form
In university life on the traditional semester schedule, April (and early May) is Everything Everywhere All at Once - which is hard for university professors who are fly fishers in the Northern Hemisphere, as April is usually a GREAT month for fishing. Luckily, I am on sabbatical this semester.
April 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In university life on the traditional semester schedule, April (and early May) is Everything Everywhere All at Once - which is hard for university professors who are fly fishers in the Northern Hemisphere, as April is usually a GREAT month for fishing. Luckily, I am on sabbatical this semester.
Proud to share recent public scholarship
@colgate.edu undergraduates Yangboya He and Robyn Landes, colleagues Christopher Henke, John Pumilio, and I, just published New York's Climate Smart Communities Program: A Study of Climate Policy Capacity in NY Towns and Villages. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@colgate.edu undergraduates Yangboya He and Robyn Landes, colleagues Christopher Henke, John Pumilio, and I, just published New York's Climate Smart Communities Program: A Study of Climate Policy Capacity in NY Towns and Villages. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
New York's Climate Smart Communities Program: A Study of Climate Policy Capacity in NY Towns and Villages
New York’s Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program is administered by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and provides a framework for counties, cities, towns, and villages to r...
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Proud to share recent public scholarship
@colgate.edu undergraduates Yangboya He and Robyn Landes, colleagues Christopher Henke, John Pumilio, and I, just published New York's Climate Smart Communities Program: A Study of Climate Policy Capacity in NY Towns and Villages. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@colgate.edu undergraduates Yangboya He and Robyn Landes, colleagues Christopher Henke, John Pumilio, and I, just published New York's Climate Smart Communities Program: A Study of Climate Policy Capacity in NY Towns and Villages. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Check out a great article from @triciacrimmins.bsky.social on equity issues in home energy efficiency upgrades www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2025...
Efficient appliances come with unexpected costs for a fifth of homeowners, survey finds
And it's those extra costs that can be a barrier for low-income consumers to access potential savings, an expert tells Tech Brew.
www.emergingtechbrew.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Check out a great article from @triciacrimmins.bsky.social on equity issues in home energy efficiency upgrades www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2025...
“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.” CS Lewis (pls forgive the gendered language)
March 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.” CS Lewis (pls forgive the gendered language)
Reposted by Andy Pattison
The Environmental Protection Agency will now only protect the bottom lines of polluting corporations.
E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk (Gift Article)
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency will now only protect the bottom lines of polluting corporations.
Cool article by some folks, including a grad school buddy of mine www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Spatial variabilities in factors affecting electric vehicle adoption across Virginia: A county-level analysis
Adoption of electric vehicles (EV) has been increasing in recent years in the U.S. Studies have investigated the determinants of EV adoption, such as …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Cool article by some folks, including a grad school buddy of mine www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
JD Vance skis in jeans (probably)
March 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
JD Vance skis in jeans (probably)