Peter Gleick

Pacific Institute

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Co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit that provides research and policy analysis on issues of development, environment, and security; 2003 MacArthur Fellow who did some of the earliest research of the impact of climate change on water resources; author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

Peter Gleick on KCRW

After enduring five of the driest years on record, California is heading into what will most likely be a sixth year of serious drought.

With 6th year of drought ahead, California is slipping on conservation

After enduring five of the driest years on record, California is heading into what will most likely be a sixth year of serious drought.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Republicans in Congress have already passed a bill to ease the drought in California's Central Valley by rolling back environmental protections.

Feinstein Introduces $1.3 Billion Drought-Relief Bill

Republicans in Congress have already passed a bill to ease the drought in California's Central Valley by rolling back environmental protections.

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For decades, countries around the world have ignored warnings about upcoming wars over water and worked hard to build a global middle class — with growing prosperity that depends on…

Water Wars Loom as World Supply Shrinks

For decades, countries around the world have ignored warnings about upcoming wars over water and worked hard to build a global middle class — with growing prosperity that depends on…

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