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.
Yes, California has seasons.You just have to know where to look.
Non-Native environmentalists are lending support to the Standing Rock Sioux. Tribes in the California Desert could use some of that help.
The California Supreme Court just set limits on the Mining Law of 1872.
California’s most controversial threatened species has never been closer to extinction.
Overharvesting, farming and urban development top list of threats
Invasive Species cause a lot of damage. But there's more to them that that.
One's short. One's long. Both would legalize cannabis.
Some progress on climate, but the rest of the planet gets short shrift
When it comes to full-bore misrepresentation of environmental facts, the Republican Party’s 2016 platform is really a thing to behold.
That's a more complicated question than you might think.
The California grizzly is now found only on the state's flag. One group wants to change that.
The wall would hurt animals and plants both common and endangered. And we just don't need it.