{"id":19947,"date":"2012-02-27T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T02:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=19947"},"modified":"2012-02-27T18:13:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T02:13:05","slug":"new-boss-at-the-pacific-institute-new-salvo-from-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2012\/02\/27\/new-boss-at-the-pacific-institute-new-salvo-from-heartland\/","title":{"rendered":"New Boss at the Pacific Institute, New Salvo from Heartland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pacific Institute and the Heartland Institute: Both sides are digging in<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Peter Gleick is taking a temporary leave of absence from the Pacific Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pacific Institute has posted a new statement to its website, saying the board is hiring an independent firm<\/a> to investigate the actions and allegations surrounding its founder, Peter Gleick, who admitted last week<\/a> to using deception in order to obtain documents from the Heartland Institute.<\/p>\n

Gleick requested a temporary leave of absence over the weekend and the board has nominated Elena Schmid, an independent consultant, to head the organization on an interim basis. According to a bio from the Pacific Institute, Schmid has worked at California Independent System Operator<\/a>, “focusing on policy, communications, and human resources for this corporation that manages the high voltage transmission lines for California,” and at the California Public Utilities Commission<\/a>, “developing policies, programs, projects, and budgets that resulted in active representation of long-term consumer interests in telecommunications, gas, water, and electric industries.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Heartland Institute is doing its part to keep the Gleick scandal center stage, releasing a line-by-line analysis<\/a> of a strategy memo Gleick says was sent to him by an anonymous source, but which the Heartland Institute says is forged:<\/p>\n

The forged memo<\/a>, titled \u201cJanuary 2012 Confidential Memo: 2012 Heartland Climate Strategy,\u201d is a mixture of text copied and pasted from the stolen documents and original commentary by the forger. By distorting and misrepresenting the plans set forth in the stolen documents, the fake memo paints a false and disturbing picture of Heartland\u2019s motives and tactics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gleick has not spoken publicly about the matter, choosing instead to write an online admission, which appeared on the Huffington Post last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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