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Committee hears public comments on HB 248 to ban intentional weather modification; vote deferred
Summary
Representative Matt Butler presented HB 248 to prohibit deliberate dispersion of materials into the atmosphere to affect weather. The committee called a public hearing, heard two supporters, and did not vote; the bill will be carried over to the next meeting.
Representative Matt Butler presented House Bill 248 during a meeting of the Alabama House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism and the committee called a public hearing on the bill. Committee members and two registered supporters discussed geoengineering, weather modification and related public-health and regulatory questions; the committee did not vote on HB 248 and will carry the bill to the next meeting.
Butler described the bill as a prohibition on "the dispersion of items in the atmosphere with the intention of affecting the weather," and said the substitute before the committee adds procedures for citizen reporting, creates an "Alabama air pollution control fund" and would impose misdemeanor penalties…
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