This is the 165th 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 (April 20, 2020 – April 26, 2020):
Monday: “The bloody history of April 20: Mass murders, a ‘fake news’ war and environmental disaster” by Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post
Tuesday: “Who’s Afraid of the Climate Crisis? Fear, Anxiety, Dread, and Pandemic Panic” by Jennifer Ladino, Edge Effects
Wednesday: “The Biggest Environmental Disaster in US History Never Really Ended” by Agnes Walton and Jana Lerner, Vice
Thursday: “The culture of Earth Day” by Brett Milano, The Harvard Gazette
Friday: “Coronavirus is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice crisis” by Yvette Cabrera, Grist
Saturday: “American petro-topia” by Rebecca Altman, Aeon
Sunday: “Mao Zedong’s Sparrow Campaign Caused One of the Worst Environmental Disasters in History” by michpusa, Elite Readers
Top Words
1. April
2. environmental
3. plastics
4. can
5. fear
6. one
7. father
8. health
9. people
10. said
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