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.
What would urban solar look like if photovoltaic panels were pretty?
If BrightSource was wishing there was more water available at their proposed Hidden Hills solar project in Inyo County, they got their wish on Monday. Big time.
California has reached a crucial, if forbiddingly wonky, milestone in the implementation of its Cap and Trade program.
A new bill would make renewables permitting more like public land oil and gas lease sales.
The Interior Department releases its long-awaited blueprint for solar development on 20 million acres of public land in the Western U.S.
The coffee chain is caught in the middle of two cycles: one in nature, the other in the corporate world.
Los Angeles' Department of Water and Power now owns its own utility-scale desert solar power plant.
The only thing BrightSource has to do before claiming the Palen Lake solar project is get a copy of the pink slip.
Only in California? A pioneering experiment in "smart grid" technology... at a maximum-security jail.
A new study says tax credits given to encourage solar installations actually make the federal government money.
Windows that generate power from the sun may become a reality, according to UCLA engineers.
A rich fossil deposit has been discovered on the site of a proposed solar project in the California Desert.