Onell Soto covers energy and the business of green, writing frequently about gasoline prices, SDG&E, renewable energy and cleantech. He joined the Union-Tribune in 2000 and previously covered Indian affairs and state and federal courts. He was part of the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning team investigating former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Soto has covered local government, crime, business and politics at newspapers in Riverside, Long Beach and Michigan.