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Experts Urge Government Ban on Solar Geoengineering

Climate experts called for an international prohibition on experiments launching reflective particles into the atmosphere to try to cool the Earth.
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Experts Urge Government Ban on Solar Geoengineering
Wind turbines are silhouetted against the rising sun near Spearville, Kan., on Jan. 13, 2021. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo
T.J. Muscaro
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The United States should lead an international effort to prohibit the use of solar geoengineering, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Roger Pielke Jr., told members of Congress on Sept. 16.

Pielke testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering Government Efficiency during a hearing on weather manipulation, specifically cloud-seeding and geoengineering.

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.