Chris Clarke
Chris Clarke was KCET's Environment Editor until July 2017. He is a veteran environmental journalist and natural history writer. He lives in Joshua Tree.
The group is calling on the feds to require wind firms to get permits to kill protected bird species.
Turkey vultures are turning up comatose in wildlife clinics, and a widely used euthanasia drug seems to be the culprit.
Inyo County has approved a plan to allow off-road vehicles on paved roads, but two conservation groups are suing to block the plan.
An extremely thin "paper" made of silicon may offer a way to store a lot more electrical power in common batteries.
A derailment that spilled crude oil in West Virginia is causing trouble for a similar proposed line near San Luis Obispo.
A wind energy facility in eastern Nevada killed its second golden eagle in January.
A test of a solar power tower project in Nevada resulted in injuries to more than a hundred birds.
At 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, the state's solar plants pushed California's grid past the five-gigawatt solar power mark for the first time in history.
A reptile whose decline has troubled conservationists for decades finally got a break.
A bill that would protect the California desert is getting acclaim from conservationists, but one part of the bill isn't winning unanimous support.
In the Interior Department's PR marking the launch of the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm,Interior never mentions Joshua Tree National Park, next door.
California's only native pigeon species is dying, and CDFW wants you to help slow the spread of the disease.