This is the 280th 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 (August 1, 2022 – August 7, 2022):

https://twitter.com/alwaysjathis/status/1554091805293125634?s=20&t=piL4DM_sjiVR5qnuqEAzKg

Monday: “VOICES: UNC’s horrifying history of environmental racism” by Geeta N. Kapur, Facing South

Tuesday: “Congress, Appalachia is Not Your Sacrifice Zone,” POWHR

Wednesday: “The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi” by Boyce Upholt, Hakai Magazine

Thursday: “AS PISTAS DA DESTRUIÇÃO” by Hyury Potter, The Intercept Brasil

Friday: “California prosecutors back off punishing cartel marijuana farmers breaking environmental laws” by Toni Richards, Washington Examiner

Saturday: “Here’s Why the Environmental Protection Agency Was Created” by Lily Rothman, Time

Sunday: “Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, but hold only one-third of academic jobs,” McGill

Top Words

  1. que
  2. para
  3. ouro
  4. water
  5. com
  6. por
  7. pistas
  8. uma
  9. land
  10. garimpo
  11. não

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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