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Committee hears bill to limit weather‑modification experiments and atmospheric pollution; witnesses disagree on scale and evidence
Summary
House Bill 5,217, the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act, would prohibit intentional atmospheric pollution from weather‑modification activities; proponents urged state action to prevent unregulated experimentation, while others called for federal leadership and clearer scientific grounding
Representative Shanley, sponsor of House Bill 5,217, told the House Environment and Natural Resources Committee the bill seeks to prohibit intentional pollution of Rhode Island’s atmosphere from weather modification and certain forms of atmospheric experimentation.
“Until we understand what the consequences are, put in place some regulatory framework so that we are not unwittingly or unknowingly allowing something to be put into our environment, our atmosphere that is causing significant long term harm,” Shanley said, describing geoengineering and…
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