An aircraft crosses the vapor trails of another plane over Frankfurt, Germany, on April 19, 2018. On Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming that a CNBC story on research into technology to …The Tennessee House of Representatives has approved a bill aimed at prohibiting geo-engineering initiatives, banning deliberate attempts to modify Earth’s atmospheric conditions with the overarching goal of combating climate change effects.
The legislative debate was not without controversy. Dialogue among legislators occasionally blurred the lines between evidenced reality and speculation, with some legislators insinuating that solar geo-engineering efforts are already active. “This will be my wife’s favorite bill of the year. She has worried about this, I bet, 10 years. It’s been going on a long, long time,” Republican Sen. Frank Niceley said at a hearing about the bill last month, NBC News reported. “If you look up — one day, it’ll be clear. The next day they will look like some angels have been playing tic-tac-toe. They’re everywhere. I’ve got pictures on my phone with X’s right over my house. For years they denied they were doing anything.