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Chris Clarke

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.

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When oil hits water, both humans and wildlife suffer. | Photo: Chris Clarke
All pipelines leak eventually. When they do, living things downstream are in trouble.
Just another day in North Dakota: an oil spill burns in a wildlife refuge in 2010 | Photo: USFWS
Set your watch: Oil spills happen about every 12 hours in North Dakota.
Native solar pioneer Debbie Tewa, center in white shirt, and colleagues. This solar array on the Hopi Reservation opened in June 2015. | Photo: Department of Energy
Solar power is easier on the planet than oil, and it creates a more viable, democratic economy — on and off the Reservation.
A wind turbine in White, South Dakota | Photo: Randy Geise, some rights reserved
When it comes to building windmills, Native peoples face more obstacles than non-Native corporations.
P-55 in temporary confinement | Photo: National Park Service
The newly discovered male lions are in good shape. They'll need to be.
Donald Trump in 2013 | Photo: Gage Skidmore, some rights resreved
Trump has further sealed his legacy as the worst president for the environment in American history.
A pesticide applicator spraying a residential lawn | Photo: iStockPhoto
Originally developed as a chemical weapon, this weedkiller can be found in garages across America.
Phil Dustan | Photo: courtesy Phil Dustan
Reefs are like the canary in a coal mine: sensitive indicators of the way the Earth is changing.
Reef fish near Alor, Indonesia | Photo: Choh Wah Ye, some rights reserved
Want to visit a coral reef, but you're not sure where they are? We can help.
A handful of potatoes
If your potatoes aren't organic, they were probably grown using this cancer-causing fumigant. 
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt | Photo: Gage Skidmore, some rights reserved
The Trump administration just blocked a ban on the stuff.
A damaged railroad tank car | Photo: Robert Taylor, some rights reserved
A tank car full of this pesticide caused a California disaster in 1991. Farmers use 600 cars-full each year.
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