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Health and environment editor at Island Press
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The Uproot Project
26 days ago
šØš¢JOB ALERTš¢šØ
@ilpublicmedia.bsky.social
is hiring an Agriculture/Environmental Reporter to produce coverage of agricultural and environmental issues affecting central Illinois with audio-rich stories accompanied by digital content.
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National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
26 days ago
DUE NEXT WEEK: Are you an early-career journalist who is pursuing - or do you have a strong interest in pursuing - a career in science, health and/or environmental reporting? Apply for a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship by December 19. Learn more:
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National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
The SHERF fellowships areĀ made to support early-career journalists who are pursuingĀ careersĀ in science, health or environmentalĀ reporting.
https://healthjournalism.org/fellowships/national-science-health-environment-reporting-fellowships/
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I love to see best-of book lists that reach outside the Big 4:
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea ofĀ 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024,Ā afterĀ The New York Timesās annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Penguā¦
https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/
28 days ago
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For $6.99, you might get 2-3 items at the grocery store. For the same amount, you can learn why our food system is the way it is and how it can be better. Check out
@islandpress.bsky.social
ebooks like Barn Gothic, Bet the Farm, Healing Grounds, and many others!
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Barn Gothic
https://islandpress.org/books/barn-gothic#desc
about 1 month ago
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The Georgia public utility commissioner election may be a bell weather, but it's also important in its own right. These candidates made the connection between renewable energy and lower bills, and Georgia voters responded.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgiaās Utility Board
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/georgia-election-utility-board-results.html
2 months ago
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Thanks to
@kennytorrella.bsky.social
for a positive news story:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
I can't look at these faces without thinking about my sweet pup and the horror of her living in a cage like this.
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TheĀ biggest victory against animal cruelty of the 21st century, explained in one chart
Global fur production has collapsed. Hereās how it happened.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/421653/fur-farming-decline-animal-rights-mink-fixes?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email_acq&utm_campaign=SSFurindustry&ueid=10a2c9bc7aed0eda9b007e6571096e14&utm_term=Processing%20Meat
5 months ago
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Heather Boyer
5 months ago
There is still time to read the great selections on the summer reading list from
@sightline.org
including Arbitrary Lines by
@mnolangray.bsky.social
and Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman
@islandpress.bsky.social
@emilyturner2000.bsky.social
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Two beautiful and challenging (in the best sense of the word) lines by poet Andrea Gibson (8/13/1975 - 7/14/2025): "Everyone knows what you're against; show them what you're for." "Why did I go so long believing I owed the world my disappointment?"
6 months ago
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Dr. Lucky Tran
8 months ago
Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine. It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions. The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.
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I just had this conversation at my book club last week:
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trumpās second term.
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/05/trump-tariffs-liberals/682697/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
8 months ago
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Rachel Frazin
9 months ago
Join me in one week at
@politicsprose.bsky.social
at The Wharf for a discussion about my book and forever chemicals
#BookSky
#GreenSky
#PFAS
politics-prose.com/rachel-frazin
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Rachel Frazin ā Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America - with Miranda Willson ā at The Wharf
https://politics-prose.com/rachel-frazin?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04.25.25%20Energy%20%26%20Environment%20RF%20JB
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Monica Amarelo
9 months ago
The
#DOD
used firefighting foam with toxic
#PFAS
for decades, knowing it contaminated water and was linked to serious health issues. New book by
@rachelfrazin.bsky.social
and
@sharonudasin.bsky.social
--
#PoisoningTheWell
: How
#ForeverChemicals
Contaminated America.
thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Erin Brockovich
9 months ago
Great book out Tuesday that was my pleasure to participate in. Poisoning the Well, an exposƩ of
#PFAS
coverup & firsthand look at the communities suffering. Supermanās not coming: see how people are fighting back. By journalists @sharonudasin & @RachelFrazin
bookshop.org/p/books/pois...
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Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America
How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America
https://bookshop.org/p/books/poisoning-the-well-how-forever-chemicals-contaminated-america/640abc90163fd7c0
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A wonderful review for
@schwartzstein.bsky.social
āThe Heat and the Fury is an extraordinary work that advances the scholarship on climate security in a text that is as accessible to newcomers as it is enriching for academic specialists.ā
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Environment and Resources
The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate ViolencePeter Schwartzstein. Washington DC: Island Press, 2024. $32.00. 328 pp.Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming WorldR. Jisung Park. Prin...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2025.2481781
9 months ago
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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
10 months ago
The Center for a Livable Future (CLF) is pleased to announce its request for applications for the 2025 cohort of the Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists.Ā More details:
clf.jhsph.edu/education/fo...
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Tom Henry
@sejorg.bsky.social
calls The Heat and Fury by
@schwartzstein.bsky.social
"bold, ambitious, incredibly researched and deftly written."
www.sej.org/publications...
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With Climate, an Undercurrent of Violence
In his ambitious first book, āThe Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence,ā journalist Peter Schwartzstein explores how climate change explains conflict, even war. BookShelf editor To...
https://www.sej.org/publications/bookshelf/climate-undercurrent-violence
10 months ago
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I know I just said I prefer paper books, but if a book I want is $4.99, I will definitely read on screen! That's the case for books from Island Press until 3/2, so charge up your tablet and learn how to protect our threatened world:
www.islandpress.org/bestseller-499
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Best Selling ebooks Just $4.99!
Grab this deal, ebooks are $4.99!
https://www.islandpress.org/bestseller-499
10 months ago
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Well-deserved praise!
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10 months ago
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After fighting with my tablet all week, I realize another reason that, for me, paper will always be the better technology: it never runs out of power.
10 months ago
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@jmingle.bsky.social
is on a roll with the awards - as he should be!
www.southernenvironment.org/news/celebra...
11 months ago
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Congrats,
@jmingle.bsky.social
!
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11 months ago
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Austin Frerick
11 months ago
I'm honored to be
@foodandwater.bsky.social
's Book of the Year š„³ Join if yah can tomorrow night. I'll be talking with their Founder & Executive Director Wenonah Hauter about it as well as taking questions.
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Barons by Austin Frerick: Author Talk [Livable Future LIVE] Ā· Food & Water Watch
Join Food & Water Watch for a virtual conversation with Austin Frerick, author of *Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry* from 7:00-8:00 pm ET (4:00-5:00 pm PT). Austin...
https://fwwat.ch/4g3Nqdi
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Island Press
about 1 year ago
WATCH: Rachel Frazin, energy and environment reporter at The Hill and co-author of the upcoming book POISONING THE WELL, joins "NewsNation Prime" to discuss the impact of forever chemicals.
www.youtube.com/watc...
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Forever chemicals: How to avoid them | NewsNation Prime
Rachel Frazin, energy and environment reporter at NewsNationās partner The Hill, joins "NewsNation Prime" to discuss the impact of forever chemicals. Read and watch the full special: https://www.newsnationnow.com/prime/pfas-forever-chemicals-sludge-farmers/ "NewsNation Prime" is Americaās source fo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRWjSNIsV0Y
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Sharon Udasin
about 1 year ago
Actor-activist
@markruffalo.bsky.social
presses Biden to act fast on 'forever chemicals' before Trump takes office
#PFAS
thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Mark Ruffalo presses Biden to act fast on āforever chemicalsā before Trump takes office
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is urging the Biden administration to take decisive regulatory action on āforever chemicals,ā as the return of President-elect Trump to the White House lā¦
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5030536-mark-ruffalo-calls-for-pfas-action/
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