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.
The California Solar Initiative has officially run out of rebate funding in much of the state.
About 39 percent of L.A.'s power now comes from coal-fired plants.
The single-atom thin sheet form of carbon may offer a way to squeeze a whole lot more power from solar cells.
According to the February auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances, it would seem the price of polluting isn't going up by much.
If the state wants to keep its rooftop and community solar lead it's going to have to get rid of limits on "net-metered" solar power.
A 1.5°C temperature rise may trigger melting of permafrost, which holds twice the greenhouse gas now in the atmosphere.
The owner of Clean Green Fuel LLC is heading to prison.
So far in February, the Golden State has broken six all-time solar records.
Ernest Moniz, likely to succeed Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, has a history of pushing fracking and nuclear power development.
If it seems to you you've heard the word "milk-vetch" come up in one desert environmental issue after another, you're remembering right.
A U.S. District Court judge will hear arguments Friday that construction on the Imperial County project should be stopped.
Developers are eyeing the area just north and east of the Mojave National Preserve.