Climate scientist Peter Gleick admits he leaked Heartland Institute documents

Peter Gleick, a water and climate analyst, says he was blinded by his frustrations with ongoing attacks on climate science


Suzanne Goldenberg US environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 February 2012 23.06 EST

A leading defender of climate change admitted tricking the libertarian Heartland Institute into turning over confidential documents detailing its plans to discredit the teaching of science to school children in last week's sensational expose.

In the latest revelation, Peter Gleick, a water scientist and president of the Pacific Institute who has been active in the climate wars, apologised on Monday for using a false name to obtain materials from Heartland, a Chicago-based think tank with a core mission of dismissing climate change.