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Notes From the Field

ghana_blog_mahama_azundo.jpgResearchers from the International Water and Communities Initiative blogged from all over the world -- Hivre Bazar, India; Malang, Indonesia; Bulenga, Uganda; and more -- speaking with water district managers and community chiefs and in village gatherings to gain perspective from the urban poor who often lack reliable sources to clean water. Read about our on-the-ground work and learning in our Notes from the Field.

Peter Gleick's Blogs

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Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick explores the water challenges facing California, the West, and our world. He is a featured blogger on the San Francisco Chronicle's SF Gate "City Brights," the influential Huffington Post, and business- and finance-focused Forbes. Follow along as he discusses climate change, threats to our freshwater resources, and viable solutions.

Full List of Peter Gleick's Forbes Blogs here.
Recent Blogs:

- “Global Warming Has Stopped”? How to Fool People Using “Cherry-Picked” Climate Data, 2/5/2012
- Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science at the Wall Street Journal, 1/27/2012
- 2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts, 1/23/2011
- Climate Change, Disbelief, and the Collision between Human and Geologic Time, 1/16/2011
- The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards, 1/5/2012
- Zombie Water Projects (Just when you thought they were really dead...), 12/7/2011
- The Rise and Fall of Climate Change Denial, 11/21/2011
- Energy, Water, and Climate Change in the Western U.S., 11/15/2011

Full List of Peter Gleick's Blogs on The Huffington Post here.
Recent Blogs:

- Climate Change: Sifting Truth From Lies in a Complex World, 1/24/2012
- Mining Groundwater for Profit: The Cadiz Project,
1/24/2012
- The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards,
1/5/2012
- Bad Science Leads to Bad Policy, No Matter Your Political Beliefs,
10/28/11
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Water for Africa, and the Nobel Peace Prize
, 10/7/11

Full List of Peter Gleick's SF Gate Blogs here.
Recent Blogs:

- Mining Groundwater for Profit: The Cadiz Project, 1/24/2012
- Transcending Old Thinking about California Agricultural Water Use, 12/5/2011
- Jobs and Water, 10/6/2011
- When Beliefs Conflict with Facts: Representative Jim Costa and the California Drought, 6/29/2011
- The California Drought (2007-2009): Myth versus Reality, 6/16/2011


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ESSAYS AND OPINION

2011 Climate B.S. of the Year Awards

Jobs and Water for America

Comments on the Water Conservation Act of 2009

A Fracking Mess

What Really Happened During the State's Drought?

Myth of California Water Shortfalls

A Science-free Congress?

Misrepresenting Climate Science: Cherry-Picking Data to Hide the Disappearance of Arctic Ice

State Needs More Water Storage - Underfoot

The 2010 Climate B.S.* of the Year Award

Moving Forward on Water

Recommendations on Water Efficiency and Reuse

State Not Meeting Salton Sea Responsibilities

Truth Drought: California's Real Shortfall

U.S. dumps state plan for saving water

The best plan for the Salton Sea is yet to come

Flushing water and money down the drain

Selling Out California's Water


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