Stories by Peter Gleick
Dr. Peter Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute, an internationally recognized water expert and a MacArthur Fellow.
After years of claiming that they needed no public support to build this plant, this claim has finally been proven false.
Posted on Nov 19, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Despite the happy face being put on by some of the bill's supporters, including Governor Schwarzenegger, I doubt anyone is truly happy with the end result.
Posted on Nov 18, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
It is possible to improve the efficiency of water use and such improvements eliminate the need for expensive and environmentally damaging new supply.
Posted on Nov 4, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
We must stop pretending that water is free and unlimited, available to anyone who can put a siphon in a river or drill another groundwater well.
Posted on Nov 4, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
We must implement all three solutions in the right way to be effective.
Posted on Oct 23, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Addressing water problems comes down to three choices: increase the water supply, decrease the water demand per person, or change the number of people.
Posted on Oct 14, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Recently, Australia drastically reduced its per capita water usage. So what's the holdup stateside?
Posted on Sep 28, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Parts of America are slipping back toward the Dark Ages, when fear of knowledge and science led to an impoverishment of civilization.
Posted on Sep 10, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
The Bureau or Rec's new report actually shows the project is a bad idea, will create far fewer benefits than costs, and will be an ecological, recreational and economic failure.
Posted on Sep 9, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
There are people and groups who work to produce or disseminate bad numbers as a way of influencing policy decisions in their favor.
Posted on Sep 4, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Exaggerating the role that water plays in unemployment will do little to improve farm jobs and much to hurt rational water policy in the region.
Posted on Aug 27, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
While remarkable and innovative efforts at sustainable water management are still being pursued here, these efforts are no longer either unusual or groundbreaking.
Posted on Aug 20, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
I would urge that California's water warriors hold their opinions until they actually read and digest these bills.
Posted on Aug 12, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
This question is perhaps the thorniest question in the world of water. Here's a look at some of the laws surrounding it.
Posted on Aug 6, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
The Pacific Institute show how California's agricultural sector can flourish despite threats to water supply.
Posted on Jul 27, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Certainly farms and farmers are suffering, so are fish and ecosystems. But so is the truth. Here are three oft-repeated falsehoods.
Posted on Jul 10, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
Californians have very little clue about what a real water crisis looks like. It looks like what's happening in Australia.
Posted on Jul 8, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
As long as we see rivers as something to be consumed or treated as a dump, we will never be a healthy society.
Posted on Jun 30, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
We need big changes out west when it comes to water policy. These are the changes I've told governors we need to make.
Posted on Jun 26, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
It takes 50 gallons of water to produce the ethanol biofuels needed to drive a car one mile, using irrigated corn.
Posted on Jun 25, 2009, Source: Pacific Institute
