Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) held a hearing recently with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee on the state of weather modification and its implications for health in the country.
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Greene opened up the hearing with a statement, briefly discussing the history of weather modification. She related the methods of Native American tribes calling on deities to the dispersal of chemicals that occurs today.
The Representative mentioned how heading off global warming and artificially changing the climate are the primary motivations for modern weather modification. She pointed to the dangerous methods used to achieve these goals, like blocking UV rays and diminishing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The dangers of these methods are obvious, including reductions in crop yields, changes in plant life, ozone depletion, and human health issues. She further attributed these dangers as the result of unfettered and unregulated open air experiments that are not contained.
The Representative concluded that it is the government’s job to monitor weather modification and crack down those who recklessly engage with it.
Greene introduced three witnesses: Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., an expert on science policy; Christopher Martz, a meteorologist and policy analyst; and Dr. Michael MacCracken, a Chief Scientist of the Climate Institute.
Dr. Pielke was the first to speak, and he offered three recommendations. He first recommended Congress to enact legislation that improves oversight of weather modification activities.
Second, he recommended Congress to standardize the federal law governing weather modification.
Finally, Dr. Pielke recommended that the U.S lead interactional discussion towards a solar engineering non-use agreement for the sake of a collective ban on solar engineering.
Mr. Martz then spoke and recommended the prohibition of solar radiation engineering because of how it changes the climate. He detailed the intricate differences between aviation contrails, geoengineering, and weather modification.
Dr. MacCracken also shared comments, speaking on the variability of climate and how nature has done most of the work for us. He expressed skepticism over the need of geoengineering in particular, but didn't express worry over unforeseen consequences.
