Environmental, Justice, E.O.

This is the 220th 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 (May 17, 2021 – May 23, 2021):

"The CPC's history of failing to implement meaningful #environmental #legislation, as well as the increase in #climate skepticism rhetoric among right-wing #politicians, may help explain polarization within the party on climate issues."https://t.co/hgIVenKRih
— Spheres of Influence (@SpheresGlobal) May 16, 2021

Monday: “Why Aren’t Canada’s Conservatives Proposing an Ambitious Climate Plan?” by Chelsea Bean, Spheres of Influence

Why just Humans? Even birds were not spared.

In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in history https://t.co/NafVpUtIKs https://t.co/wfwCcBHJZf
— Arunudoy (@ArunudoyB) May 18, 2021

Tuesday: “In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in history” by Goran Blazeski, The Vintage News

In this Note, Vol. 39 Lead Online Editor @SamBrower17 explains the history of environmental justice in the U.S. and explores the effectiveness of Executive Order 12898 in remedying injustices within minority or low-income communities. Read the full Note: https://t.co/7IkL6BZeqv
— Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality (@UMNJLI) May 19, 2021

Wednesday: “Environmental [in]Justice: Why Executive Order 12898 Falls Short in Creating Environmental Equity for Vulnerable Communities” by Sam Brower, Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

"The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers”.
Our PhD students Jesica López and Maria Takman reflect on how AI can contribute to solving our environmental challenges, but also on why AI alone is not always the answer. https://t.co/SY1q2OgqAe pic.twitter.com/ir55eU7BZF
— Agenda 2030 Graduate School_LU (@Agenda2030_LU) May 20, 2021

Thursday: “Can AI solve our environmental challenges?” by Jesica Lopez and Maria Takman, Agenda 2030 Graduate School blog

⬇️ Upcoming online conference on "#Humanities in deep time."

🌌 More info here: https://t.co/R8aX89v4m1 #envhum #envhist #envirophilosophy #ecocrit #poetry https://t.co/BKyKvKCyno
— Rachel Carson Center (@CarsonCenter) May 21, 2021

Friday: “The Humanities in Deep Time,” The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

BLS-CUP Robert Cryer International Law PhD Prize https://t.co/IvUsiyzgQd via @unibirmingham (please retweet )
— Adrian Hunt (@ahuntbrumlaw) May 21, 2021

Saturday: “BLS-CUP Robert Cryer International Law PhD Prize,” University of Birmingham