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.
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today that it had approved an environmental impact statement for developing solar energy facilities on almost 20 million acres of public lands in six states -- nearly a million acres of that in California.
California's electric power utilities pay their bosses enough that all three made the top ten richest utility CEOs list for 2011.
Investment pundits are declaring solar "over" these days. But they're badly wrong, for a handful of reasons.
Mary Bono Mack's campaign's attempt to cast Democratic challenger Raul Ruiz as a wild-eyed leftist seems to be fizzling.
LADWP will buy power from a tribe hoping to replace their coal-polluted life with renewable energy.
One of California's largest rooftop solar companies plans an IPO.
An electrical hazard on some solar modules knocks down First Solar's stock value.
A new site helps you learn where your water comes from, and how well it's treated along the way to your tap.
Nevada renewables companies complain that without exports to California, their businesses will falter
By predicting the movement of atoms inside a battery, UC San Diego researchers hope to make batteries more efficient and faster to charge
The Interior Department announces it's reached a 10,000 megawatt public lands renewable energy goal set by President Obama.
Joshua Tree National Park plans to make it easier for people to leave their cars and see cholla cacti by removing cholla to make more room for cars.