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Emily Turner
@emilyturner2000.bsky.social
Health and environment editor at Island Press
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...
In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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.
The biggest victory against animal cruelty of the 21st century, explained in one chart
Global fur production has collapsed. Here’s how it happened.
www.vox.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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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
August 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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?"
July 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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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.
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I just had this conversation at my book club last week:
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.
www.theatlantic.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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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
Rachel Frazin — Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America - with Miranda Willson — at The Wharf
politics-prose.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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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...
April 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Great book out Tuesday that was my pleasure to participate in. Poisoning the Well, an exposé of #PFAS coverup & firsthand look at the communities suffering. Superman’s not coming: see how people are fighting back. By journalists @sharonudasin & @RachelFrazin
bookshop.org/p/books/pois...
Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America
How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America
bookshop.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A wonderful review for @schwartzstein.bsky.social
“The 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.”

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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...
www.tandfonline.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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. More details: clf.jhsph.edu/education/fo...
March 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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...
With Climate, an Undercurrent of Violence
In his ambitious first book, “The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence,” journalist Peter Schwartzstein explores how climate change explains conflict, even war. BookShelf editor To...
www.sej.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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
Best Selling ebooks Just $4.99!
Grab this deal, ebooks are $4.99!
www.islandpress.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well-deserved praise!
Incredibly honored to share that our upcoming #PFAS book, Poisoning the Well, received a STARRED @ala-booklist.bsky.social review, describing the book as "an eye-opening chronicle of a pervasive chemical disaster" CC @rachelfrazin.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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.
February 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@jmingle.bsky.social is on a roll with the awards - as he should be!
www.southernenvironment.org/news/celebra...
February 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Congrats to @jmingle.bsky.social on being named a 2025 NYPL's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism finalist for his fantastic book GASLIGHT. A great book to read in this moment of how grassroots activism can win against a powerful company. www.nypl.org/about/awards...
NYPL's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism
Since 1988 the annual award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize, has been given to journalists whose books have brought clarity and public…
www.nypl.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I'm honored to be @foodandwater.bsky.social 's Book of the Year 🥳

Join if yah can tomorrow night. I'll be talking with their Founder & Executive Director Wenonah Hauter about it as well as taking questions.
Barons by Austin Frerick: Author Talk [Livable Future LIVE] · 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...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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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...
Forever chemicals: How to avoid them | NewsNation Prime
Rachel Frazin, energy and environment reporter at NewsNation’s 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 America’s source fo
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December 9, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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