Contrails, Cloud Seeding, Geoengineering: EPA provides online resources

The EPA knows the American public wants to know more about what is going on in our skies, if anything.  On July 10th, the EPA provided a new online resource open to anyone about these topics.

But first, a definition of terms:

• Contrails: Visible ice-crystal trails from commercial jet exhaust — unrelated to cloud seeding.

• Chemtrails: A conspiracy theory — not tied to real cloud seeding.

• Cloud seeding: Real, targeted weather modification using aircraft or ground stations — not the same as contrails or chemtrails.

Cloud seeding does not create contrails or chemtrails — it’s a distinct process.

• Cloud seeding involves dispersing substances like silver iodide, potassium iodide, or dry ice into clouds to encourage precipitation (rain or snow).

• It is usually done by specialized aircraft or ground-based generators, not by commercial jets.

• The trails from cloud seeding planes are typically not visible like contrails — they don’t leave long, white streaks in the sky.

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Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new online resources to address public questions and concerns about two topics: geoengineering and contrails.

EPA created these new online resources to communicate everything the agency knows about the latest science, research and other information regarding contrails and geoengineering. EPA is committed to total transparency with the American public on these topics.

“Americans have legitimate questions about contrails and geoengineering, and they deserve straight answers,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. “We’re publishing everything EPA knows about these topics on these websites.”

EPA’s new online resource on condensation trails, or “contrails,” explains the science behind the aerial phenomenon and addresses myths and misconceptions that have persisted for decades. The new webpage also addresses, head-on, various claims that these occurrences are actually an intentional release of dangerous chemicals or biological agents at high altitudes for a variety of nefarious purposes, including population control, mind control, or attempts to geoengineer Earth or modify the weather.

EPA also created a new online resource focused specifically on solar geoengineering activities, which involve cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space, usually through injecting gases, like sulfur dioxide, into the upper atmosphere where they form reflective particles.

“EPA shares the significant reservations many Americans have when it comes to geoengineering activities,” added Administrator Zeldin.

The resource delves into the current state of science and research surrounding geoengineering, including the potentially negative impacts it could have on the environment and human health, including depleting the ozone layer, harming crops, altering weather patterns and creating acid rain.

EPA’s new resource also details what EPA has done to identify and track private actors potentially engaged in such activities. Additionally, the online resource discusses weather modification and cloud seeding, and related federal and state government actions.

Here are the two main links – which contain many other reference links:

EPA’s new Geoengineering and Information on Contrails from Aircraft online resources:

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Did you learn anything from the EPAs opening of its files? Do you have questions?