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 California Legislature decides not to pass two proposed clean energy bills.
A Silicon Valley firm envisions a solar future in which patient robots quietly turn solar panels to face the sun.
California's energy agencies are celebrating passing the 1-gigawatt solar mark.
California utilities kill a bill that would have increased access to solar power.
A group of high-powered environmental organizations has filed suit to send the Cadiz water project back to the drawing board.
Imperial County has the highest unemployment in California. Again.
There's plenty of room for argument over whether Italy or California has the better food and wine, but when it comes to solar power, Italy wins hands down.
Three slightly wonky bills passed the California legislature this week that will make it easier to switch to solar.
On this list of the U.S.'s 10 most EV-friendly cities, only one California metro area shows up -- and Texas and Tennessee have it beat.
A Fish and Wildlife Service official has suggested that a couple years of wildlife research be done before more solar power tower projects are approved.
We're approaching pine nut gathering time in the California Deserts.
The operators of California's power grid want more leeway to keep people from gaming the market.