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Writing on X, the Republican politician said she was creating legislation that would make "the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity" a felony.

"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," she wrote. "It will be a felony offense."

She added: "We must end the dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering."

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[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

She's attempting to ban Geoengineering. From Wikipedia:

Geoengineering (also known as climate engineering or climate intervention) is the deliberate large-scale interventions in the Earth’s climate system intended to counteract human-caused climate change.[1] The term commonly encompasses two broad categories: large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM). CDR involves techniques to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and is generally considered a form of climate change mitigation. SRM aims to reduce global warming by reflecting a small portion of sunlight (solar radiation) away from Earth and back into space. Although historically grouped together, these approaches differ substantially in mechanisms, timelines, and risk profiles, and are now typically discussed separately.[2]: 168 [3] Some other large-scale engineering proposals—such as interventions to slow the melting of polar and alpine ice—are also sometimes classified as forms of geoengineering.

Some types of geoengineering present political, social and ethical issues. One common objection is that focusing on these technologies could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Effective governance and international oversight are widely regarded as essential.

Major scientific organizations have examined the potential, risks, and governance needs of geoengineering, including the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,[4][5][6] the Royal Society,[7] the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),[8] and the World Climate Research Programme.[1]

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

All this is gonna stop is cloud seeding, since that is literally the only way in which we manipulate the weather.

Well... On purpose, I mean. If this has the side effect of outlawing all greenhouse emissions because it's altering the weather in form of making shit hotter, that's a win.

Edit: Also I am reminded of the time some PR lady for HAARP said the array can manipulate the weather because, technically, it could punch a hole in clouds directly above it. Which I thought was just stupid, even as a joke, because they were trying to squash the rumors that it was some kind of hurricane machine.

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

You know it ain't. This is her trying to ban some conspiracy theory non existent weather device, just like the space laser she was crying about a couple years ago.

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[–] GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

@RememberTheApollo_

OMG I think this is an opening for an absolutely different kind of green new deal. Wait till she finds out how the weather is being modified (can somebody tell her that Elon Musk’s data center is running the numbers and doing it?)

And I’m going to have to ask now that the Republicans are in charge of everything with the next big disaster occurs. What is she gonna do?

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Stop paying attention to her. Make sure the next thing you click on related to her, is footage of her murder.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

So glad we handed over all levers of power to these morons.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh for fucks sake…. How can one woman be some incredibly dense?

She probably heard somewhere that is why there were flash floods in Texas because some evil genius is punishing “real Americans”.

The ironic thing is the GOP constant bashing of clean, renewable energy and promoting fossil fuels and coal really is affecting the weather, just not in a very predictable or controlled way.

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[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Does this include using a sharpie to control a hurricane?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

anything but the real issue

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

wow that's quite a twist, USA is going green! Right?

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thats what I'm understanding. Finally someone willing to take on the Fossil Fuel Industry

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[–] pawnfuture@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

These people are dumb as rocks. There are also similar elements in GA like Kandiss Taylor(stupid name) beginning their political careers also proclaiming that Climate Change is fake but also suggesting that unprecedented weather conditions must be the work of external forces presumably also blaming the jews.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 week ago

Wonder if this could be used against fossil fuel or chemical companies. The only words that would need to be dropped is "express purpose"

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Seriously fuck this idiot and the idiots who voted for her. Just a disgraceful embarrassment. Then again so is work, so I get it, but have some dignity.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I will fuckin love if she fucks around and discovers climate change

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Does it include the pollutants coming from her private jet ?

[–] prototact@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

At this point she is trolling with legislation, this is not even legislation for financial profit, she is just doing it to fuck with the minds of people that support green energy transition against climate change. Pure malicious glee. I hope she faces mob justice at this point.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And thus more time and money is wasted...

Wasn't there some doge tip site where Americans could post this?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

There is a nugget of 'truth' here:

https://csl.noaa.gov/news/2023/390_1107.html

I can't find my good source on tis, but there are very real proposals to seed the arctic or antarctic with aerosols to stem a runaway greenhouse gas effect.

It's horrific. It would basically rain down sulfiric acid onto the terrain; even worse than it sounds. But it would only cost billions, not trillions of other geoengineering schemes I've scene.

...And the worst part is it's arctic/climate researchers proposing this. They intimately know exactly how awful it would be, which shows how desperate they are to even publish such a thing.

But I can totally understand how a layman (maybe vaguley familiar with chemtrail conspiracies) would come across this and be appalled, and how conservative influencers pounce on it cause they can't help themselves.

Thanks to people like MTG, geoengineering efforts will never even be considered. :(


TL;DR Scientists really are proposing truly horrific geoengineering schemes "injecting chemicals into the atmosphere" out of airplanes. But it's because of how desperate they are to head off something apocalyptic, and it's not even close to being implemented. They're just theories and plans.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

you and i both know that she is not talking about any actual scientific proposal

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why the fuck did we thaw her?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

Nobody wanted that. She thawed naturally with global temperatures rise.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are coming after your 'chemtrails'. What a whacky weirdo bunch. Nothing better to do than chase imaginary windmills. MTG really needs counseling, perhaps meds, as she appears to be living in a made up world with little to no relationship to the actual world we all live in.

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this is stupid, but it's it a wolf in sheep's clothing to ban any policy against climate change?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could MTG accidentally tackle climate change ? that would be amazing

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately, this bill would actually do the opposite. While expert opinion seems to vary on the subject of geoengineering and its attendant risks, it might become a necessary tool for tackling climate change. The standard theory is that we could disperse aresolized materials at high altitudes that would increase atmospheric albedo (reflectivity) to reduce the amount of sunlight absorbed by the atmosphere. This wouldn't be permanent, but it could buy us time as we work on decarbonizing.

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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Can you guys please try to elect some people that will actually do the job they are voted on to do instead of waste everyone's time and accomplish nothing. Tearing shit down is incredibly easy, building shit up takes decades. You ha e severely fucked yourselves over and destroyed all the work of the past 50-75 years of being a country in the modern world. Y'all are fucked and still talking about the next vote like it even fucking matters anymore. America is fucking gone man, you just don't realize it yet.

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[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's because MAGA is spreading conspiracies that geoengineering is to blame for the Texas flood.

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