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Chris Clarke

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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On a cost-effectiveness basis alone, electrical power storage may make a lot more sense for solar energy than it does for wind.
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At least 27 golden eagles perished at 13 California wind turbine facilities between 1997 and June 2012, with a startling rise in reported mortalities in 2011. That's not including the eagle killing machines at Altamont Pass.
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A new study suggests that low pay for Chinese solar panel workers isn't the reason that solar panel prices have dropped dramatically.
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A bill to revamp the state's laws regulating how utilities treat rooftop solar that had been a target of pointed criticism by pro-solar groups passed a voice vote on the Senate Floor Monday with amendments that have some solar advocates singing cauti...
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Leaving your hot water running for five minutes can use as much energy as operating a 60-watt light bulb for 14 hours.
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Orange County isn't exactly a stargazers' destination of choice, but there are places where you can see more than a few stars.
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Significant changes to a large solar project's design have prompted the BLM to go at least part of the way back to the drawing board with regard to the project's Environmental Impact Statement.
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California's U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein has reaffirmed her concerns over the fossil fuel extraction process known as "fracking" by informally endorsing a bill in the state Legislature tthat would put strict limits on the practice.
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A draft of a policy would require the state's three largest utilities to start acquiring power storage capacity, with a target of more than 1,300 megawatts of storage capacity by 2020.
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Financial support of distributed solar has been a hot-button issue since the right decided to make the Solyndra bankruptcy a mass media talking point. But solar's got a lot of catching up to do before it enjoys the public subsidy paid out to another fo...
A night sky filled with stars.
This county just west of L.A. also holds some great places to look at those other heavenly bodies.
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There are a few places closer at hand in L.A. County where the night skies are dark enough to make tilting your head upward worthwhile.
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