Peter Rugh

"So many generations have been raised on bird flu, swine flu, Y2K, Ebola, housing collapse, ozone holes, and peak oil panics that we wouldn't know how to live if we weren't constantly expecting our annihilation."

Along with a broad swath of Republican voters—plus Dennis Rodman—America's racists are getting on board the Trump bandwagon.

Activists say that unless major reforms are made into law, real estate developers will wipe out the city's quirky shops and bars and replace them with chains.

A decade ago, public health advocates successfully isolated tobacco companies from UN negotiations about regulating the industry — and now climate activists are trying to do the same with fossil fuel companies.

Las Vegas "life coach" Larry Pfiefer explains his accidental crusade for journalistic accountability.

The amount of electricity generated by solar energy has been on the rise — but an important federal incentive to invest in the technology is at risk of being phased out.

The US Department of Transportation has proposed a phase-out of dangerous DOT-111 tanker cars but the new model that will take their place has been involved in a series of explosions over the past month.

The activists were arrested during a protest on Wall Street prior to a UN summit in September, and argued that climate change poses such grave risks to humanity that they were compelled to violate the law.

The former Secretary of State's use of a private email shows just how easy it is for the government to hide its records.

Eleven climate change activists are refusing a plea deal in New York court and asserting a "necessity defense," hoping to bring attention to the role of Wall Street in financing fossil fuel interests.

It isn't an easy gig, but those who do the work usually don't have a whole lot of other options.

Will there ever be another land war in Asia?