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Visitor urges Benbrook to consider local resolution against weather modification
Summary
A visitor urged the council to pass a local resolution banning weather modification (geoengineering), citing national discussion and urging local testing and reporting; council thanked the speaker but took no action.
Justin Harvey, identifying himself as a resident of Orlando, Florida, addressed the Benbrook City Council during informal citizen comments on May 1 to urge the city to consider a local resolution outlawing weather modification, also described as geoengineering.
Harvey told the council he had brought news articles and asserted that entities including academic programs and federal actors have discussed stratospheric aerosol injections; he urged the city to "start the conversation," educate the public and consider soil testing and reporting suspected incidents to the Environmental Protection Agency. Harvey acknowledged that local governments may have limited jurisdiction over federal airspace but said local resolutions could raise awareness.
The mayor thanked Harvey for his presentation and for raising the issue. The council did not take action or direct staff to pursue a resolution during the meeting.
