This is the 275th 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 (June 6, 2022 – June 12, 2022):

Monday: “A review of environmental historiography on Brazil,” História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos


Tuesday: World Environment Day 2020: All you need to know, date, theme, history, significance,” India Today


Wednesday: “As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’” by Christopher Flavelle, The New York Times


Thursday: “The hidden history of California oil” by The Carbon Copy, Canary Media


Friday: Highlighting the Connection Environmental Racism and the Agricultural Industry Through History,” Beyond Pesticides


Saturday: Delta water crisis linked to California’s racist past, tribes and activists say” by Ian James, Los Angeles Times


Sunday: Newfoundland has highest levels of life satisfaction in Canada and B.C. the least, Statcan finds” by Carly Penrose, National Post


Top Words

  1. water
  2. said
  3. Lake
  4. Salt
  5. environmental
  6. people
  7. lake
  8. communities
  9. Great
  10. state
water, said, lake

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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