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.
Dogs specially trained to find ancient human remains are sniffing around an Imperial County wind project site.
Orange County-based Amonix is the latest U.S. solar firm to fall victim to the industry's ongoing shakeout.
JPMorgan Chase's alleged gaming of California's power markets is just another chapter in the old Enron saga.
LADWP is taking its first steps on the most effective path to renewables, but it has a long road ahead of it.
A non-profit would provide San Diegans with a way to choose renewable energy without even flipping a switch.
Someone was mad enough at the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch that they took a reciprocating saw to a transmission line and water pipe this month.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District refuses to tell Coachella Valley officials what's happening with $53 million in grant funding.
California's ten largest publicly owned utilities have made significant renewable energy gains, but some have a lot more work to do.
A developer's attempt to win routine approval for a major redesign of a desert solar project just got hit by a freight train.
Gambel's quail is a species widespread throughout the less-developed parts of the desert southwest.
A $2 million grant to study evening out renewable power in California goes to four companies, one of which could really use a break right about now.
Renewable development, if done carelessly, can harm wildlife populations. Scientists gathering in Oakland this week discuss how, and why we need to do better.