First off, a bit of historical background:  I was born in the summer of 1942 in Switzerland, in a suburb of Basel, just a stone’s throw from the German border.  This was a summer of great uncertainty for the Swiss as the...

  In a paper published last fall “Demographic dynamics between 5500 and 3500 years ago (3550–1550 BCE) in selected study regions of Central Europe and the role of regional climate influences” authored by Ralph Grossmann, Mara Weinelt,...

Said Governer Newsom: "This is exactly the sort of innovation and big thinking that California needs, repurposing old fossil fuel infrastructure to build one of the biggest solar and battery projects in the country… "

November 30 - December 12, 2023 I had previously reported that this global conference opened with a bang; unfortunately, it closed with a whimper!  After much arm twisting and wrangling, the meeting’s final statement recognized, for the...

One of the 2 scenic trails that follow the Colinas Bluffs high above the Santa Ana freeway is in sad shape due to disputes between homeowners in the Bear Brand Ranch neighborhood in the City of Laguna Niguel. 

Reuters reports today that the meeting opened with a bang in the form of the adoption of a wonderful new fund to help poor nations deal with climate change.  This puts...

In September we spent some wonderful days on the shores of the Libyan Sea in Crete, Greece, where we felt the last lashes of the terrific storm Daniel that drenched northern Greece and later swept thousands of Libyans into the sea.  Here in...

Many south OC Sierra Club hikers have enjoyed the James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Coast, Whiting Ranch and other areas in the open spaces between coastal wilderness and the Cleveland National Forest.  For the four-footed and winged inhabitants,...

Especially if you are a user of OC Parks, you ought to know what the management of these wonderful resources is thinking, planning, and doing.  OC Parks is governed by the OC Parks Commission that meets monthly, and depending on what is on the...

Having grown up in Switzerland, I’ve taken the country’s most famous train, the Swiss Glacier Express.  It slowly (11 h) provides direct service between St. Moritz and Zermatt every day, and it has been powered by clean hydro-electric power...