EXPERIMENTAL WEATHER MODIFICATION BILL FAST TRACKING

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AGRICULTURE ALERT – June 2006

 

EXPERIMENTAL WEATHER MODIFICATION BILL FAST TRACKING FOR PASSAGE IN

U.S. SENATE & HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

By Rosalind Peterson

 

U.S. Senate Bill 517 and U.S. House Bill 2995, a bill that

would allow experimental weather modification by artificial methods

and implement a national weather modification policy, does not

include agriculture or public oversight, is on the " fast track " to be

passed in 2006.

This bill is designed to implement experimental weather

modification. The appointed Board of Directors established by this

bill does not include any agricultural, water, EPA, or public

representatives, and has no provisions for Congressional, State,

County, or public oversight of their actions or expenditures.

Weather Modification may adversely impact agricultural crops

and water supplies. If the weather is changed in one state, region or

county it may have severe consequences in another region, state or

county. And who is going to decide the type of weather modification

experimentation and who it will benefit or adversely impact?

This experimental weather modification bill will impact

residents across the United States. Many current and ongoing weather

modification programs (80 listed by NOAA in 2005), including the one

in Wyoming that is designed to increase the snowpack, may be

diverting rainwater away from Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas, three

states that have recently been impacted by fires and drought. We have

no idea what the unintended consequences of the Wyoming action or

other experimental weather modification programs might be now or in

the future.

In addition to the experimental weather modification programs

listed by NOAA, there are both private and ongoing government

sponsored atmospheric testing and heating programs underway in Alaska

and across the United States. Alaska Senator Stevens recently

received $50 million in funding for Alaska's atmospheric heating

program.

All of these unregulated, private, government, and public

weather modification programs, may also have unintended synergistic

effects. Senate Bill 517 does not address these issues but intends to

implement more experimental weather modification programs without a

national debate or public oversight.

Artificial weather modification can impact all of us by

reducing water supplies, changing agricultural crop production

cycles, reducing crop production, and water availability. Since most

experimental weather modification programs use chemicals released

into the atmosphere the public could be subjected increasingly toxic

or unknown substances that could adversely impact agricultural crops

and trees.

Trimethyl Aluminum (TMA) and barium are just two of the toxic

chemicals used in recent atmospheric heating and testing programs

according to NASA. The Alaska H.A.A.R.P. atmospheric heating program

may have the capability of changing the Jet Stream which could also

change our weather.

Many private weather modification companies admit that

precipitation effects may be positive or negative.

The increasing use of varied chemicals like aluminum (coupled with

increasing air pollution), can severely impact tree health by

depriving trees of water and nutrients normally absorbed through

their root systems.

The December 2005 Popular Science Magazine discussed a plan to

use an oil slick to stop hurricanes without noting the adverse

environmental impacts of the oil used to cover the ocean.

Popular Science also noted that a private company, Dyn-O-Mat,

plans to purchase jets to drop thousands of pounds of a water

absorbing chemical powder (unknown substance), into hurricanes to

absorb moisture that may dissipate hurricanes. There is no

agriculture oversight or public hearings to determine the

consequences of this and other actions or to monitor or prevent

adverse impacts of this chemical once it falls on the surface of the

ocean or on land.

Alaska and other areas across the United States are beginning

to feel the impacts of climate change. Enormous changes are being

seen in the declining health of native plant and tree communities in

many areas across the United States.

NASA noted in an October 2005 newsletter that increasingly

persistent contrails are " …trapping warmth in the atmosphere and

exacerbating global warming… " NASA goes on to note that: " …Any

increase in global cloud cover will contribute to long-term changes

in Earth's climate. Likewise, any change in Earth's climate may have

effects on natural resources… "

Global dimming and the persistent contrails, that produce man-

made clouds, may have serious impacts on crop production. A recent

corn crop study in Illinois shows that cloud cover reduces corn crop

production while direct sunlight increases production. In addition,

increasing man-made clouds may reduce the effectiveness of solar

panels.

Gil Smolin, an Avian Bird Flu expert, noted on the Ron Owens

Show on KGO Radio (January 5, 2006), that the flu was spread more

quickly in the winter when there was a " lack of sunlight " . Would man-

made clouds be contributing to the lack of sunlight which might cause

the Avian Bird flu to spread more quickly as a result of " global

dimming " ? Experimental weather modification programs could also

exacerbate this problem by changing climate patterns, increasing man-

made cloud cover, and changing our weather and climate patterns.

Senate Bill 517 does not address any of these important issues.

Its sole purpose is to establish an experimental weather modification

policy without any agriculture or public oversight of private,

military, and government programs. Without oversight or public

hearings agriculture, our natural resources, and watersheds may be

negatively impacted. And who will be responsible to determine the

synergistic effects of these programs or pay for unintended disasters

created by this experimentation. If these programs change growing

seasons and interrupt the pollination process crop losses could be

substantial exacerbating economic losses.

Please contact all of your elected local, state and federal

officials to stop this bill in its present form. This bill needs to

have appropriate agriculture and public oversight, with public

hearings included, prior to any more experimental projects. We need a

national dialogue on this subject before more experimentation takes

place.

 

For Information on our Educational Forums Please Contact:

 

Rosalind Peterson Bridget

Conroy

Post Office Box 499 Agriculture

Defense Coalition

Redwood Valley, California 95470 P.O. Box

54297

(707) 485-7520 Phoenix

Arizona 85078

E-Mail: info (602) 404-

0847

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