For over a century, man has chased the ability to control the weather. From early rainmakers to secret military programs and geo-engineering startups, it’s real, documented, and impacting tens of ...

AEI fellow Dr. Roger Pielke offered recommendations for regulation and oversight of "weather modification activity" at a hearing Tuesday titled, “Playing God with the Weather — a Disastrous Forecast." ...

In the wake of the devastating floods in Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced new legislation aimed at an unusual target: weather modification. “I am introducing a bill that prohibits the ...

The General Electric Co. has announced the termination of its weather modification project that was started in 1946, when GE scientists created the world's first man-made snowstorm over Mount Greylock ...

In 1946, a chemist researching how to prevent ice from forming on planes accidentally discovered “cloud seeding” — a way to make clouds bigger, or encourage them to release more rain. Experimentation ...

Lawmakers expressed concerns over weather modification and geoengineering. A congressional subcommittee spent nearly two hours on Tuesday discussing the rarely practiced but frequently talked about ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., fueled an ongoing conspiracy among the far-right—that the government is behind some of the worst natural disasters—when she said she would introduce legislation to ...

From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation. It was October 2024, and Hurricane Helene had just ...

Florida airports soon must submit monthly reports on weather modification activities or face the loss of state funding under a controversial new law derided by critics as fueling conspiracy theories.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new law bans companies and people from modifying the weather in Florida, including cloud seeding. On July 1, Senate Bill 56 officially became law in Florida— banning the ...

Louisiana could soon ban any attempt to modify the weather through techniques like solar geoengineering or cloud seeding after a bill passed the Louisiana Legislature. Those techniques are still ...