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Bill to ban certain atmospheric interventions draws local supporters and state agencies' objections
Summary
Rep. Desiree Morton asked lawmakers to ban ‘‘polluting atmospheric activity,’’ citing concerns about aerial aerosol injections and other geoengineering; state regulators and cloud‑seeding professionals told the committee the bill is too broad and would criminalize permitted programs.
Representative Desiree Morton introduced House Bill 1514 to the House Agriculture Committee, proposing a prohibition on "polluting atmospheric activity" and authorizing investigation and penalties for those who release xenobiotic agents, conduct stratospheric aerosol injection, or otherwise emit harmful atmospheric pollutants.
Morton told the committee she sought to stop what she described as harmful atmospheric interventions and said federal research and documents — including NOAA-funded monitoring and open‑source material she distributed — raised alarms about aerosol injections and related activities. "We cannot continue to ignore what they are doing to the sky, the earth, the animals, the birds, the insects and the vegetation that's slowly and…
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