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.
It's official: Los Angeles is buying solar electricity from the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians.
That desert landscape we're bulldozing for solar power plants? Turns out it sequesters carbon if we leave it alone.
California's energy policy is being managed by far too many agencies and departments, according to a new report.
The last of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's old steam generators is about to hit Southern California's highways, headed for its long-term home in Utah.
We're now emitting 2 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every second. Climatologists are starting to lose hope that we can keep global warming down to 2°C as a result.
Businesses can save money by doing the right thing for the climate, according to a new report.
Renewable energy makes up almost half of the new electrical power generation installed in the U.S. in 2012 so far.
A report released last week says smart meters, paid for in large part with Stimulus funding, have served mainly to kill American jobs and increase utility company profits.
A controversial wind power project in Imperial County starts delivering power this week.
Those of us in or near the California deserts are lucky: we can engage in our favorite pastime year-round.
A wind power expert with over 35 years of experience promoting renewables says the best, fairest way of promoting renewable energy is with a feed-in tariff like Germany's.
Bay Area solar leasing company SolarCity has scheduled an Initial Public Offering of its stock for this week.