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Tennessee State Senate Addresses Issue Long Denounced as a Conspiracy Theory

Social media users who were told for years they were conspiracy theorists for questioning the trails left behind from airplanes (not condensation tracks that occur at high altitude in certain atmospheric conditions) are feeling vindicated by a bill that recently passed the Tennessee state Senate concerning geoengineering experimentation. 

As explained by Harvard, “Geoengineering refers to a set of emerging technologies that could manipulate the environment and partially offset some of the impacts of climate change. Solar geoengineering in particular could not be a replacement for reducing emissions (mitigation) or coping with a changing climate (adaptation); yet, it could supplement these efforts.”

On Monday, SB 2691 passed 25-6, addressing this issue.

“Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 201, Part 1, is amended by adding the following as a new section: The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited.”

According to The Tennessee Conservative, six other states have introduced similar legislation. 

Similar legislation has been entered across the country in six other states. Neighboring state Kentucky introduced HB506, and SB217, Rhode Island introduced The Clean Air Preservation Act, New Hampshire entered The Clean Atmosphere Preservation Act ,Illinois entered a Weather Modification Act, South Dakota entered legislation and Connecticut entered SB302.