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.
A team led by researchers from UCLA will be working to make solar power plants far more efficient using molten metals.
The BLM has approved a crucial link in a new substation project coming to the sleepy San Diego County town of Jacumba
Environment groups file formal protests of the Obama administration's publi lands solar plan.
The White House announces tough new mileage standards for passenger cars and trucks, and it may mean a brighter future for solar electricity.
BrightSource wants to redesign the Palen Solar Power project. The state's approval was based on the old design. What's next?
Does this weekend's swarm of earthquakes mean the Big One is coming? Yes... but not in the way you might think.
Three small California cities make a big contribution to energy conservation.
Gloomy Germany is beating sunny California in the solar race.
The State Senate is about to vote on a program to encourage solar in poorer neighborhoods, and battle lines are drawn in the halls of power.
Mainstream greens and wind industry groups ask for special input as eagle protection rules are rewritten.
The drafters of a plan to regulate renewable energy development on millions of acres of the California desert got scientific feedback on the plan this week -- and it had to have stung.
Renewable energy advocates won't find much to applaud in the Romney/Ryan campaign's energy policy.