This is the 152nd post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. 

Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (January 20, 2020 – January 26, 2020):

Monday: “ASEH 2020: A Listener’s Guide to Canadian #EnvHist” by Sean Kheraj, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)


Tuesday: Said, Trees, Tree” by Jessica DeWitt, Historical DeWitticisms 


Wednesday: “#EnvHist Worth Reading: December 2019” by Jessica DeWitt, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)


Thursday: ‘Environmental Justice Is Not Merely a Box to Be Checked’” by Jeff Gleason, The New York Times


Friday: Earth Day Turns 50 In 2020 And Organizers Are Building The Largest Environmental Mobilization In History” by Jeff Kart, Forbes


Saturday: Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029” by Roger Harrabin and Katie Prescott, BBC News


https://twitter.com/TheHempiricist/status/1221132083411603456

Sunday: Prepping for a race war: documents reveal inner workings of neo-Nazi group” by Jason Wilson, The Guardian

Top Words

1. environmental

2. history

3. Base

4. members

5. Earth

6. Guardian

7. Union

8. years

9. Environmental

10. Day 

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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