Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene ignited a fiery debate in a House committee hearing this week, scrutinizing the rapidly expanding field of geoengineering and challenging its practitioners over transparency, effectiveness, and potential risks. Rep. MTG opened her questioning by noting the shift in public perception, stating that what was once dismissed as “conspiracy theory” has now become a “multi-billion dollar industry” with significant government investment.
“For years, anybody who questioned weather modification was labeled crazy or a conspiracy theorist,” Rep. MTG asserted. “Now, we’ve learned that they’ve been doing it for decades… the government has invested a lot of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars into it.”
Rep. MTG raised significant concerns about cloud seeding, a practice involving injecting clouds with substances like silver iodide to increase precipitation. Citing the Government Accountability Office (GAO), she highlighted the dubious efficacy of these operations, which reportedly increase precipitation anywhere from “zero to 20%.”
“Can you control the exact amount of precipitation that a cloud will produce if it is injected with silver iodide?” Rep. MTG questioned. “Can you control where the precipitation is going to land with 100% certainty? Can you say that it will not cause or enhance flooding with 100% certainty?” She emphasized the impossibility of determining the actual effectiveness, as it is impossible to know how much rain a cloud would have dropped by itself.
Beyond scientific uncertainty, Rep. MTG pointed to an alarming lack of oversight. Companies performing cloud seeding and other geoengineering projects are only required to fill out basic forms for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), listing the agents used. However, a problematic “other” category allows them to avoid specifying additional chemicals, a practice Rep. MTG found “extremely concerning.
The discussion then shifted to more drastic interventions, specifically solar geoengineering. Rep. MTG highlighted the company “Make Sunsets,” which employs balloons to inject reflective aerosols into the stratosphere to bounce sunlight back into space. She cited alarming statements from the company’s website, which claims that without their intervention, “tens of millions of people will die and 20% of species may go extinct.”
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, challenged these dire predictions. “There’s nothing you can find in the IPCC or other scientific literature to suggest that’s a consequence,” Pielke stated, dismissing them as “stark claims… made to try to scare people into other forms of action on climate change.” He interpreted such statements as a tactic to justify stratospheric intervention if energy policy remains unchanged.
“Make Sunsets” also claims its reflective clouds can linger for six months to three years and asserts its work is legal under the Weather Modification Act. The company provocatively challenges opponents: “Convince us there’s a more feasible way to buy us time to get there and we’ll stop.” Rep. MTG condemned this stance, questioning whether private companies should unilaterally experiment on the global atmosphere without public consent.
Dr. Kevin Marts, another witness, refuted the company’s implicit suggestion that rising carbon dioxide levels could make the air unbreathable. Noting that submariners are exposed to levels above 5,000 parts per million without harm, he said that CO2 makes just 0.04% of Earth’s atmosphere.
Dr. Marts, on the other hand, did highlight major risks connected with solar geoengineering, especially sulfur dioxide injection. He cautioned against possible drawbacks even if sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere might impede solar radiation and maybe drop world temperatures. “It could reduce crop yields because obviously plants need sunlight to grow,” Marts explained. He further cautioned that if sulfur were to settle in the troposphere, it could result in acid rain, impairing soils, plants, and animal life.
Rep. MTG concluded her questioning by reiterating her core concern: “Did the American people ever get to have a say in any of this?” She emphasized the seen lack of public participation and legislative supervision over geoengineering trials that might have major effects on health, agriculture, and the environment.
NO MORE PLAYING GOD WITH OUR WEATHER
☀️ NO MORE PLAYING GOD WITH OUR WEATHER ☀️
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) September 16, 2025
For centuries, humans have tried to control the weather. Now the Left wants to play God by blocking the sun and re-engineering Earth’s climate in the name of their fake “climate change” agenda.
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