Peter Gleick, a prominent climate researcher and CEO of the Pacific Institute, admitted this week that he fraudulently obtained a collection of documents from a Chicago-based non-profit group called the Heartland Institute, which he then leaked to the media to reveal the organization’s plans to promote skepticism about anthropogenic global warming.

Scholarly Society Rejects Deception Regarding Heartland Institute Documents WASHINGTON, Feb.

Economy, public health, ecosystems threatened without new direction in freshwater management by public and private sectors, panel cautions WASHINGTON, Sept.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Is there such a thing as 'peak water'? There is a vast amount of water on the planet -- but we are facing a crisis of running out of sustainably managed water," said Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute.

Friends of the Arava Institute: WHEN: 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 WHERE: UCLA School of Law Auditorium 385 Charles E. Young Drive, east Los Angeles, CA 90095 (Thomas Bros.