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.
Solar power will likely outstrip wind in the pace of new installations in 2013 in the United States.
The process of deciding whether to restart the disabled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station continues.
It's one of those places in the California desert where you can find yourself 20 miles off the pavement without much problem. It's also where California almost put its final dump for low-level nuclear waste.
Building the project "will cause irreparable adverse impacts" to cultural landscapes important to the Pahrump Paiute.
The project in Riverside County would be California's first solar power plant to incorporate thermal storage.
One expert is saying industrial activity has locked in 69 feet of sea level rise. If that's true, what would that mean for California?
Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be stepping down from his post, and Darrell Issa marks the occasion with a surprisingly ungracious statement.
Citing wildlife-killing cats to argue that the wind turbines don't pose a threat to birds and bats is fatally flawed logic.
Wendy Greuel endorses a 20 percent rooftop solar goal for Los Angeles.
To the list of countries that have bested California in solar power generating capacity, get ready to add a truly embarrassing new rival: Belgium.
A years-long campaign to reduce bird mortality at Altamont Pass has cut deaths of eagles and other birds by 50 percent since 2005.
Researchers trying to maximize the amount of time light spent inside their organic solar cells turned to an age-old technique: natural selection.