Overview
- SB 56 makes any intentional release of substances into Florida’s atmosphere for weather alteration a third-degree felony with fines up to $100,000.
- Attorney General James Uthmeier has ordered all public-use airports to submit monthly reports to the Department of Transportation from October 1 or face funding cuts.
- Spokespeople for Orlando International, Orlando Executive and Sanford International airports say they conduct no weather modification and will comply with reporting requirements.
- NOAA, the EPA and meteorologists including Texas A&M’s Andrew Dessler have stated there is no evidence linking cloud seeding to the recent deadly Texas floods.
- Florida’s weather modification licensing program, created in 1957, has never issued a permit or received an application, reflecting minimal actual geoengineering activity.