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Senate clears bill to prohibit intentional release of chemicals into Louisiana air for weather modification
Summary
The Senate passed SB46 to ban intentional release of certain chemicals or aerosols into the atmosphere for weather modification, with exceptions for firefighting and agriculture and enforcement placed under the Department of Environmental Quality.
The Louisiana Senate on April 28 advanced legislation, Senate Bill 46, that prohibits the intentional release of specified chemicals into the state’s atmosphere for the purpose of affecting weather or temperature.
Sponsor Senator Frank Fessy told the chamber the bill would prohibit releases of agents such as sulfur dioxide and aluminum oxide when used for geoengineering or cloud seeding, and would place enforcement within the…
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