#environmental-activism

#environmental-activism

YEREVAN, Armenia It would be easy to mistake Tuf for a trendy club somewhere in Russia.A meditative indie band played, a family of Muscovites sold homemade cosmetics and a tattoo artist from St. Petersburg drew a seal on someone's arm.But Tuf is in the capital of Armenia.It was born of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent exodus of Russians, many of whom are still in shock.

The environmental activist who was killed by police in Atlanta while protesting against Georgia's planned Cop City was shot more than a dozen times, according to private autopsy results released by his family.Officers from multiple agencies shot and killed Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, also known as Tortuguita, on 18 January after authorities moved through the camp of activists who were in a forest to protest a planned $90m police training facility.

In the midterms, the much-maligned American voter managed a pretty remarkable feat.Given an unpopular president and the widespread conviction that the nation is headed in the wrong direction on the Democrats' watch, but confronted with a Republican slate dotted with dubious candidates and a GOP beholden to Trump's cult of personality, voters collectively managed to thread the needle.

If you watch a political campaign ad, listen to television pundits, or look at newspaper headlines, it's clear that climate change has once again fallen off the political radar heading into this November's midterm elections.In a way, this makes sense.The Supreme Court decision eliminating a constitutional right to abortion, rampant inflation, and concerns over crime all make for more obvious political talking points.