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.
Quite a few environmental bills have been signed into law in California this month.
The bad news: the vaquita is probably down to fewer than 50 individuals. The good news: a gillnet ban may be working to protect the animals.
That video of a guy poking a sleeping sea otter in the belly? He broke a federal law.
Cadiz will likely have to put its desert water project through a full federal environmental review, which may kill the project.
Even the "worst" fires may be good for wildlife in the long run.
The Joshua tree is in trouble in a warming world, and a wildlife protection group wants the spiky tree declared a threatened species.
Bigfoot hunters set out wildlife cameras in Del Norte County and made a remarkable discovery... but it wasn't Bigfoot.
How did this once-popular technology fall on such hard times?
Enjoy the outdoors and do a favor for the planet this week at the California Coastal Cleanup.
Since 2005 it's been property owners' legal responsibility to make their homes fire-safe. Here are some ways to get started.
El Niño won't cure California's long-term water woes... and it may cause some huge problems of its own.
A new study shows that both of California's fire seasons are getting more destructive as the planet warms.