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.
Is a piece of land better filled with Joshua trees or pavement?
Good news for Mojave Desert wildlife and the people who value it: Representative Paul Cook has called for a full Federal environmental review of the controversial Cadiz Water Project, which would pump water from a desert aquifer to suburbs in Orange Co...
A major summer rainstorm hit Death Valley National Park and surrounding areas Sunday, closing a number of major roads --- including the park's south entrance near Shoshone.
California's largest county now has a year-long moratorium in place on new solar facilities
The paper published an editorial calling for state and federal agencies to give wind energy a far bigger slice of the pie when portioning out the California desert. Here's why they got it badly wrong.
The agency charged with ensuring the state's energy infrastructure doesn't endanger public safety is being taken to the woodshed by Federal regulators in the wake of a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.
Conservation groups announced Wednesday that they are suing the EPA for failing to protect an endangered butterfly species from a San Francisco Bay Area gas-fired power plant.
In the wake of recent revelations that Google is supporting one of the most stubborn climate change denialists in the Senate, climate activists plan are planning a demonstration Wednesday at Google's headquarters in Mountain View.
A flash flood hit the southern portion of the Ocotillo Express Wind facility Sunday night, tearing up gravel access roads and dumping enough debris onto State Route 98 that the road had to be closed for a time.
California has long boasted the lead spot among its fellow states in terms of solar power generating capacity. But according to a new report, that's not the case.
We here in the Golden State are proud of our growing solar infrastructure, and rightly so. But two countries not necessarily known for their fabulous wealth have just put solar programs in place than make us look like we're not serious by comparison.
First, one California condor. Now, over 100 Indiana bats.