July 10, 2026 | ZEROGeoengineering.com | ZeroNotification.com | Image source p.9 | The following report published in 1975 by the Domestic Council (U.S.) Environmental Resources Committee Subcommittee on Climate Change, provides a historical glimpse of U.S. Federal organizing around weather modification experimentation: “A policy should be adopted to develop, encourage, and maintain a comprehensive and coordinated national program in weather modification research and in the beneficial application of the technology along the lines of the recommendations embodied in this report.”
“Weather modification research” was later rebranded to “weather research and forecasting.” This change was due to public opposition to weather modification, legal and liability issues, and the potential adverse consequences resulting from weather modification activities.
“Present Federal strategy in research in weather modification is to develop techniques to achieve particular objectives such as augmenting water resources or diminishing the damage from hurricanes.”
“The Federal Government should develop and support a more vigorous program of fundamental research and experimentation in the physics and dynamics of cloud processes to advance weather modification technology and its application.”
“Additional Federal regulatory legislation is not needed at this time.”
“Given the significant amount of activity in the field as well as the potential for increased use of the technology, prudence dictates a continuing examination of the need for Federal laws and regulations and international treaties and agreements to govern weather modification activities.”
Link To 1975 NOAA The Federal Role In Weather Modification
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