Empowering People and Communities
By Pacific Institute Staff Fundamental needs for environmental health, including safe water and sanitation, justice, and sustainability in poor and …
The Human Right to Water
By Pacific Institute Staff The human right to water is the fundamental right to life, health, and livelihood. The imperatives …
Cadiz Groundwater Plan
Imagine a lake half as large as Lake Tahoe, containing 17 million to 34 million acre-feet of water. That is …
“Climate Change Question and Answer” Fact Sheet
Ruskin’s AB 1365 Updates State Planning Priorities With the threat of climate change growing worse by the day, a historic …
Let’s Start Overcoming Obstacles: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency
The Pacific Institute released a report several months ago on the potential for greater agricultural water conservation and efficiency in areas that …
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Time to Tap into Water-Wise Farmers’ Well of Ideas
Water supply constraints have reduced the amount of water available for California this year, causing economic losses and midseason fallowing …
Panic Makes for Poor Policy
Ignoring a problem tends to make it worse. A worsening problem tends to lead to panic. Panic tends to make …
Lower Colorado River: Proposed Drop 2 Storage Reservoir Project
On February 15, 2007, the Pacific Institute joined several other NGOs in submitting comments (PDF) on the Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed Drop …
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Pacific Institute Responds to Misleading Commentary by Wayne Lusvardi
On Friday February 25th, the Sacramento Bee published an opinion essay by Pacific Institute President Dr. Peter H. Gleick on the pending …
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