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Committee votes 'do not pass' on bill addressing geoengineering and cloud seeding
Summary
Committee members debated House Bill 1514, which was amended to exempt crop dusters and pest spraying; after extended discussion over enforceability and whether cloud seeding can be separated from geoengineering, the committee voted do not pass (recorded 7-6-1).
The House Agriculture Committee voted to recommend do not pass on House Bill 1514 after extended debate over enforcement, exceptions and whether cloud seeding can be separated from broader geoengineering concerns.
Representative Hoke and others proposed language to add a narrow exemption for aircraft and ground applicators that perform crop-dusting and pest spraying; sponsors said the exemption was intended to avoid capturing ordinary agricultural operations. “We think that this will also be covered under this exemption,” Hoke said, describing how application aircraft…
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