Charlottesville, Comey, Replace

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

Charlottesville white nationalist rally, car crashes into crowd.

Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (August 14 – August 20, 2017):

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Monday: “To Protect and Troll: Police union chief under investigation for incendiary posts” by Steven Hsieh, Sante Fe Reporter

The fuzzy history of Georgia's mythic peach by @wtokie https://t.co/mgRGdL2TfP via @SmithsonianMag #aghist #envhist #labor

— Prof Dolly Jørgensen (@DollyJorgensen) August 15, 2017

Tuesday: “The Fuzzy History of the Georgia Peach” by William Thomas Okie, Smithsonian.com

2.7 million-year-old ice core confirms low CO2 levels at start of Ice Ages. #EnvHist https://t.co/6pNwUPqb98

— Mark Stoll (@markrstoll) August 15, 2017

Wednesday: “Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start of the ice ages” by Paul Voosen, Science

Paul Watson should fund the feeding of an entire food insecure community in Nunavut for a year. https://t.co/Z4L5ISc5ks

— tanya tagaq (@tagaq) August 16, 2017

Thursday: “Alaskan teen traumatised after getting death threats for killing a huge whale” by Chen Jingwin, Asia One

https://twitter.com/benvwilkie/status/898460910741626881

Friday: “Environmental history on TV: “The Crown” and the 1952 Great Smog of London.” by Sean Munger, SeanMunger.com

Top Native American stylemaker's home base: A tiny N.D. town, pop. 29 https://t.co/egCHv4vlvu

— Adrienne Keene (@NativeApprops) August 18, 2017

Saturday: “Top American Indian stylemaker’s home base: a tiny N.D. town, pop. 29” by Jenna Ross, StarTribune

MUST READ: Great breakdown of where each GOP Senator Stands on President Trump https://t.co/kuRxt2W3jy pic.twitter.com/tuhTrcfuun

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 19, 2017

Sunday: “Where Republican senators stand on President Trump” by Nicole Lewis, Amber Phillips, Kevin Schaul and Leslie Shapiro, The Washington Post 

Top Words

1. Charlottesville

2. Comey

3. replace

4. POSITIVE

5. CRITICAL

6. Rhetoric

7. Overall

8. Repeal

9. Budget

10. said