The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is launching an online resource to address public concerns regarding geoengineering and contrails.
The new online resource will explain the “science behind the aerial phenomenon and address myths and misconceptions that have persisted for decades,” while also describing claims that the contrails are an “intentional release of dangerous chemicals or biological agents at high altitudes for a variety of nefarious purposes, including population control, mind control, or attempts to geoengineer Earth or modify the weather,” the agency said.
A tool will also be published to discuss solar geoengineering activities, the EPA noted.
“Americans have legitimate questions about contrails and geoengineering, and they deserve straight answers,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. “We’re publishing everything EPA knows about these topics on these websites.” He added that the agency “shares the significant reservations many Americans have when it comes to geoengineering activities.”
On its page discussing “chemtrails,” the EPA notes that some “inaccurately claim” that contrails are the intentional release of dangerous chemicals. Discussing geoengineering, the EPA acknowledges that the “U.S. federal government and various state governments have historically been involved in weather modification, mainly through cloud seeding activities,” although funding for the programs were cut in the 1980s.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) recently announced that she plans to put forward a bill banning weather modification, an effort similar to one supported by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
“I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense,” she wrote on X. “I have been researching weather modification and working with the legislative counsel for months writing this bill.”
