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The first ban in Tennessee. These are the kinds of conspiracy theories and fears that led Tennessee to pass the first law banning geoengineering in the state in 2024.
In fact, the law incorporates the falsehoods about geoengineering into its text, stating that “it is documented that the federal government or other entities acting on federal government’s behalf or at the federal government’s request may conduct geoengineering experiments by intentionally dispersing chemicals into the atmosphere.”
The law goes on to ban the intentional injection, release, and dispersion of chemicals with the aim of affecting temperature, weather, or intensity of sunlight.
Kentucky and other states. Tennessee’s law has spurred other states like Kentucky, which experienced devasting flooding in 2024, into proposing their own bans. Rep. John Hodges told AFP that he introduced the bill because his constituents “don’t want any government attempts to modify the solar radiation or weather.”
Along with Kentucky, legislators in Florida, Indiana, and Arizona have also moved to ban geoengineering in their states.
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