Congressional Hearing on Geoengineering: Innovation, Research, and Technology
November 8, 2017
The purpose of this hearing is to assess the status of geoengineering research in the United States, while also exploring potential technologies and i [...]
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USDA Sprays Electrified Water Over Texas
July 2017
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wesley C Hoffmann (Clint) from the Aerial Application Technology Research, Agricultural Engineering division used an [...]
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Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI)
September 28, 2010
The Royal Society has launched a Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI) in partnership with the Academy of Sciences for the Developi [...]
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United Nations Warns Against Large Scale Weather Modification
March 22-24, 2010
It should be realised that the energy involved in weather systems is so large that it is impossible to create artificially rain storms, alter wind pat [...]
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The Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies
February 22-26, 2010
In the beginning, I had my doubts. The Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies, held last week at the Asilomar conferen [...]
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DHS Hurricane Mitigation: Project HURRMIT and HAMP
January 2010
The back-to-back devastating hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 suggested that hurricanes might be a threat to national security, especially as the cl [...]
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US/UK Joint Inquiry on Geoengineering: House Hearings
November 2009 - March 2010
Collaboration and Coordination on Geoengineering Introduction A joint inquiry on geoengineering was initiated in 2009 by the Science and Technology co [...]
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NOAA Refuses DHS Hurricane Modification Program
July 29, 2009
As we reported in May, more than 25 years after termination of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Project Stormfury, which aimed to [...]
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Weather Mitigation Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2009
April 16, 2009
This bill was introduced on May 20, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote. Although this bill was not enacted, its pr [...]
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Department of Homeland Security Hurricane Modification Workshop Report
February 6-7, 2008
In view of these realities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the organizational assistance of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin [...]
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Bill Gates Funds Geoengineering Research: FICER
January 2007 - Present
The Fund for Innovative Climate and Energy Research (FICER) Grants for (GEOENGINEERING) research are provided to the University of Calgary from gifts [...]
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Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005
June 20, 2005
FAILED: H.R. 2995 (109th): Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005. Rep. Mark Udall (Democrat) It is the purpo [...]
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Weather Modification Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2005
March 3, 2005
FAILED: S. 517 (109th): Weather Modification Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2005. Sen. Kay Hutchison (Republican). It is the pur [...]
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Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
October 2003
“Although 40 years have passed since the first NAS report on weather modification, this Committee finds itself very much in concurrence with the findi [...]
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The Weather Damage Modification Program (WDMP)
2002-2005
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has been engaged in weather modification research since the 1960s, although this research declined signif [...]
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Project Skywater: Atmospheric Water Resources Management
1961 - 1988
“to explore, develop and determine the feasibility of applying the technology of weather modification to meet the Nation’s increasing demand for clean [...]
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National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE)
1959 - 1981
The National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE) is a scientific field program established to answer the question of whether or not man can modify hailsto [...]
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Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO)
1946
During world war two, fog was dispersed with a secret weapon called Fido. This stood for either “Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operations” or “Fog, [...]
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