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 CPUC just approved a large proposed solar facility on habitat for several endangered species. Wildlife activists are fuming.
Work has halted on an Imperial County solar plant; a lizard on site may be listed as endangered.
A bill that would ban sale most products containing ivory and rhino horn in California passed a major hurdle today in the Assembly.
A bird protection group is asking for independent monitoring of bird and bat deaths at wind power facilities.
A plan that would manage renewable energy development on 22 million acres of the California desert will be done a piece at a time.
Some opponents are calling it "the worst renewable energy project currently under consideration."
A 15-month-old puma kitten who had been feared dead is actually looking quite healthy.
Inyo County's Planning Commission just threw a curveball that may prove a game-changer for desert solar energy.
The more water we take out of the Delta, the more imperiled Chinook salmon runs become -- and that's bad news for the orcas that depend on them.
Think those December rains fixed the state's drought? Think again.
The EPA's feedback may cause the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan's authors even more work.
Owners of the nation's largest existing solar tower power plant seem to be having trouble keeping it online.