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Bill would ban geoengineering and restrict cloud seeding to declared catastrophic droughts; amendment removes costly monitoring provisions
Summary
An amended HB 764 would broadly prohibit geoengineering and solar radiation modification within New Hampshire, repeal RSA 12‑F and permit cloud seeding only under a declared catastrophic drought subject to environmental review and DES oversight.
Representative Kelly Potenza introduced the amended version of HB 764 FN, which would broadly prohibit intentional releases used for geoengineering or weather‑modification activities in New Hampshire, repeal RSA 12‑F (the existing weather modification experimentation statute) and preserve a narrow exception for cloud seeding only under a declared catastrophic drought with prescribed review and oversight steps.
Key changes and scope: the sponsor said she removed earlier fiscal and monitoring mandates that had produced a large fiscal note; with the amendment the bill focuses on a prohibition of geoengineering and solar‑radiation modification (SRM) activity in the state, notification to a specified set…
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