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 federal subsidy for utility-scale wind power may yet be renewed for another year.
The controversial Ivanpah solar project is halfway done.
The Marines' Johnson Valley War underscores a fact of life in California: we no longer have enough desert to go around.
Company says Genesis Solar flood was not of Biblical proportions.
When container ships and tankers enter Southern California waters, the people responsible for making sure they don't bump into each other or run aground won't be burning fossil fuels to do so.
The EPA announces who's generating the most green energy near where they use it, and the list is very Californian.
Two more California solar projects get fast-tracked by the Obama administration.
You don't need a bunch of venture capital to trash the desert. All you need is a some wheels and a stunted set of ethics.
Defense and Interior will be working together to develop renewable energy on and near military bases.
Last week's storms caused 'massive damage' to a California desert solar project.
Though the PEIS directs developers to Solar Energy Zones, three quarters of a million acres outside the zones remains available in California.
Geothermal industry people, agency reps, utility companies and elected officials will meet up in Sacramento next week.