This is the sixty-ninth 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.

Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (June 18 – June 24, 2018):

Monday: “What Peter Fidler Didn’t Report” by George Colpitts, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)

Tuesday: “Mount Polley mine workers approach one month on strike” by Alex McKeen, The Star Vancouver

Wednesday: “We Will All Be Moderns” by Anyz Zilberstein, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)

Thursday: “The Great Migration and Black Environmental History: An Interview with Brian McCammack” by J.T. Roane, Black Perspectives 

https://twitter.com/sesmith/status/1009930965303644160

Friday: “Mitigations” by Elizabeth Dodd, Places Journal

Saturday: “A Prophet of Doom Was Right About the Climate” by Justin Gillis, The New York Times

Sunday: “Military Afterlives at the Bottom of the Sea” by Astrida Neimanis, Sydney Environment Institute

Top Words

1. Ohio

2. environmental

3. like

4. mine

5. Creek

6. coal

7. history

8. can  

9. company

10. water

11. old

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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