Overview

• On July 5, Greene announced on X that she will introduce a federal bill making the injection or release of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for weather modification a felony offense.
• The proposal mirrors Florida’s Senate Bill 56, which bans geoengineering and cloud seeding under penalty of a $100,000 fine and up to five years in prison.
• Meteorologists and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have repeatedly stated that cloud seeding can only boost rainfall by up to 20%, cannot create storms and lacks the power to steer large-scale weather events.
• More than 100 people died in Central Texas flash floods over July 4–5, but state and federal fact checks have found no proof that any weather modification activities contributed to the disaster.
• Greene’s legislation, which draws on chemtrail conspiracy narratives dating back to the 1990s, has not been formally referred to a House committee and faces skepticism from experts and lawmakers.