This is the fifty-second post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.

Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (February 19 – February 25, 2018):

Monday: “MVP’s contractor ran into environmental problems during construction of other pipelines” by Laurence Hammack, The Roanoke Times


Tuesday: Appetite for Reduction” by Lindsay Smith Rogers, Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine


Wednesday: “Why Environmental Protections Are Important to Black History Month” by Abre’ Conner, Moms Clean Air Force


Thursday: #ASEH2018Tweets Presenters’ Guide” by Jessica DeWitt, Historical DeWitticisms 


Friday: In Annihilation, the Revolution Will Not Be Human” by Laura Perry, Edge Effects


Saturday: Episode 174: Thomas Apel, Yellow Fever in the Early American Republic” by Liz Covart, Ben Franklin’s World


Sunday: WHEATS 2018 Call For Papers,” Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, & Science

Top Words

1. environmental

2. will

3. pipeline

4. Pipeline

5. Precision

6. Virginia

7. said

8. Twitter

9. West

10. one 

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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