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Florida Airports to Begin Monthly Weather Modification Reporting Under New Law

The mandate marks the start of enforcement under SB 56, underscoring expert efforts to dispel geoengineering conspiracies.

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A Southwest airlines passenger jet taxies at the Orlando International Airport, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. There is push to replace the Central Florida Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility. It was built in 1983, and local leaders say it is badly outdated and needs to be replaced…(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel)
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Overview

  • SB 56 makes any intentional release of substances into Florida’s atmosphere for weather alteration a third-degree felony with fines up to $100,000.
  • Attorney General James Uthmeier has ordered all public-use airports to submit monthly reports to the Department of Transportation from October 1 or face funding cuts.
  • Spokespeople for Orlando International, Orlando Executive and Sanford International airports say they conduct no weather modification and will comply with reporting requirements.
  • NOAA, the EPA and meteorologists including Texas A&M’s Andrew Dessler have stated there is no evidence linking cloud seeding to the recent deadly Texas floods.
  • Florida’s weather modification licensing program, created in 1957, has never issued a permit or received an application, reflecting minimal actual geoengineering activity.