Health & environment editor at Island Press, Princeton University Press
Emily Turner
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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...
Emily Turner
🚨📢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.
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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.
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You're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but in this case, I think it's appropriate. Beautiful cover, beautiful writing!
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?"
@islandpress.bsky.social books are part of this 50% off sale!
I love to see best-of book lists that reach outside the Big 4: lithub.com/100-notable-...
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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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.
