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.
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.
A new study suggests that low pay for Chinese solar panel workers isn't the reason that solar panel prices have dropped dramatically.
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...
Leaving your hot water running for five minutes can use as much energy as operating a 60-watt light bulb for 14 hours.
Orange County isn't exactly a stargazers' destination of choice, but there are places where you can see more than a few stars.
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.
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.
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.
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...
This county just west of L.A. also holds some great places to look at those other heavenly bodies.
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.