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2024-12-09 16:21:28 UTC - HELPFUL
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This post misrepresents the facts about geoengineering & contrails. Solar geoengineering research is being conducted, but in a limited and controlled manner: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/04/24/solar-geoengineering-to-cool-the-planet-is-it-worth-the-risks/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/01/1055324/the-us-government-is-developing-a-solar-geoengineering-research-plan/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/27/tennessee-bans-geoengineering-other-tales-from-the-far-right/ Contrails aren't evidence of chemical spraying or global geoengineering experiments: https://fullfact.org/online/contrails-not-chemtrails-geoengineering/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/04/14/fact-check-chemtrails-arent-real-arent-related-climate-change/11624336002/ https://www.aerosociety.com/news/chemtrails-debunked/ Geoengineering: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-017-0014-3 https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/09/615/what-is-geoengineering-and-why-should-you-care-climate-change-harvard/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/01/18/mexico-plans-to-ban-solar-geoengineering-after-rogue-experiment/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/geoengineering-gains-momentum-but-governance-is-lacking-critics-say/
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