Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 04/05/2026@islandpress.bsky.social books are part of this 50% off sale! 034
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 18/02/2026You're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but in this case, I think it's appropriate. Beautiful cover, beautiful writing! 000
Reposted by Emily TurnerThe Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · 11/12/2025🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @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. jobs.pmja.org/job/agricult...jobs.pmja.org 042
Reposted by Emily TurnerNational Association of Science Writers (NASW) @sciencewriters.org · 11/12/2025DUE 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:healthjournalism.orgNational Science-Health-Environment Reporting FellowshipsThe SHERF fellowships are made to support early-career journalists who are pursuing careers in science, health or environmental reporting. 077
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I love to see best-of book lists that reach outside the Big 4: lithub.com/100-notable-...lithub.com100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu… 000
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 02/12/2025For $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! islandpress.org/books/barn-g...islandpress.orgBarn Gothic 000
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The 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...nytimes.comIn an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board 010
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Thanks 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.vox.comThe biggest victory against animal cruelty of the 21st century, explained in one chartGlobal fur production has collapsed. Here’s how it happened. 030
Reposted by Emily TurnerHeather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025There 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 033
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Two 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?" 020
Reposted by Emily TurnerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/05/2025Everyone 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. 21961811672
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I just had this conversation at my book club last week: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...theatlantic.comThe Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff LiberalsThey finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term. 010
Reposted by Emily TurnerRachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Join 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-frazinpolitics-prose.comRachel Frazin — Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America - with Miranda Willson — at The Wharf 032
Reposted by Emily TurnerMonica Amarelo @monicaamarelo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The #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... 286
Reposted by Emily TurnerErin Brockovich @realerinbrockovich.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Great 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...bookshop.orgPoisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated AmericaHow Forever Chemicals Contaminated America 12667137
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 01/04/2025A 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....tandfonline.comEnvironment and ResourcesThe 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... 062
Reposted by Emily TurnerJohns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The 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... 033
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Tom Henry @sejorg.bsky.social calls The Heat and Fury by @schwartzstein.bsky.social "bold, ambitious, incredibly researched and deftly written." www.sej.org/publications...sej.orgWith Climate, an Undercurrent of ViolenceIn 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... 023
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I 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-499islandpress.orgBest Selling ebooks Just $4.99!Grab this deal, ebooks are $4.99! 000
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 25/02/2025After 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. 000
Emily Turner @emilyturner2000.bsky.social · 13/02/2025@jmingle.bsky.social is on a roll with the awards - as he should be! www.southernenvironment.org/news/celebra... 000
Reposted by Emily TurnerAustin Frerick @austinfrerick.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I'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.fwwat.chBarons by Austin Frerick: Author Talk [Livable Future LIVE] · Food & Water WatchJoin 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... 0145
Reposted by Emily TurnerIsland Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 09/12/2024WATCH: 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...youtube.comForever chemicals: How to avoid them | NewsNation PrimeRachel 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 053
Reposted by Emily TurnerSharon Udasin @sharonudasin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Actor-activist @markruffalo.bsky.social presses Biden to act fast on 'forever chemicals' before Trump takes office #PFAS thehill.com/policy/energ...thehill.comMark Ruffalo presses Biden to act fast on ‘forever chemicals’ before Trump takes officeActor and activist Mark Ruffalo is urging the Biden administration to take decisive regulatory action on “forever chemicals,” as the return of President-elect Trump to the White House l… 084
