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Committee files bill to prohibit deliberate large‑scale atmospheric geoengineering; cloud seeding exempted
Summary
The committee recommended draft legislation that would prohibit intentional releases of substances into the atmosphere for solar geoengineering and create a reporting path for suspected incidents; the bill explicitly exempts the state cloud-seeding program and was advanced as a committee bill.
A bill that would criminalize deliberate, large-scale releases of substances into Utah’s atmosphere for the purpose of solar geoengineering was advanced by the committee after discussion and public comment.
Sponsor Senator Winterton told the committee the draft forbids intentional releases from aircraft or other methods that would modify weather, block sunlight or alter climate conditions and creates a public reporting portal and a process for state agencies to refer credible reports to the attorney general. The draft expressly excludes activities described in Title 73 (the Utah cloud…
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