By Howard Fishcer | Capitol Media Services
The scientific debate about artificially curbing solar radiation to reduce heat has bubbled over into legislative debate about whether the government and private industry are poisoning Arizonans by spraying chemicals from airplanes.
And now, state lawmakers are moving to outlaw the practice of “geoengineering” entirely.
Legislation already approved by the Senate would make it illegal to intentionally release or dispense “any chemical, chemical compound, substance or apparatus” within Arizona designed for “solar radiation management.” SB1432 specifically defines this as injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the planet.
