Overview
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene chaired a Sept. 16 Oversight subcommittee session titled “Playing God with the Weather — a Disastrous Forecast” focused on weather modification and geoengineering.
- Greene tied the hearing to her Clear Skies Act, promoting a federal prohibition while invoking past military programs and citing private efforts such as Make Sunsets.
- Democrats, led by ranking member Melanie Stansbury, criticized the proceeding as a misuse of the efficiency panel’s mission and said it elevated conspiracy‑driven claims.
- Witnesses and fact‑checkers said cloud seeding is a localized technique with limited, hard‑to‑measure effects and is not linked to recent disasters like the Texas flooding.
- Federal and scientific authorities reiterated that so‑called chemtrails are contrails and that no technology exists to modify the global climate, as the EPA and NOAA expand public information resources.