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.
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They're as common as liveoaks on the California coast.
A meteor shower with a reputation for erratic displays just might reward stalwart stargazers.
With 20 percent of National Park Service lands in the lower 48 states located in the California desert, budget cuts seriously eroded park services in this area.
We made an error in our recent assessment of SB 4, the fracking regulation bill written by State Senator Fran Pavley that was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown September 20. Here's our correction on this technical, but important, aspect.
Wind turbines are killing bald and golden eagles nationwide, and the death toll is mounting. That's according to Dr. Joel Pagel, a longtime raptor biologist now working with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the lead author of a recent peer-reviewed...
A number of California renewable energy projects that had been undergoing environmental review by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may well be delayed, as staff are furloughed and schedules slip.
A solar energy project in the California desert seems to have injured and killed a surprising number of birds in the first two and a half weeks of September, according to data furnished to a state agency. And more than half of those injuries have been ...
With some of the haziest air quality found in California, the Inland Empire might not strike you as a place where stargazing is possible.
Santa Barbara County boasts that winning combination of limited development and lots of mountainous protected open space, perfect for looking at the dark skies.
The company building a 377-megawatt solar power plant near the Mojave National Preserve has released photos of a burned bird found on the site in August, and while the images aren't particularly grisly, they're nonetheless sobering for those concerned ...
There are a few reasons Joshua trees look different from other trees.
Senate Bill 4, the bill that enacts new regulation of fracking in the state of California, has come under fire from environmental groups. Its author, State Senator Fran Pavley, says critics are blowing the bill's flaws out of proportion. But what does ...