Tennessee: Bill Banning Geoengineering In The State Passes
Tennessee: Bill Banning Geoengineering In The State Passes
The Tennessee legislature will move forward to approve a law that would make it illegal for anyone to utilize atmospheric dispersal within the state's boundaries in order to mitigate climate change.
The "intentional injection, release, or dispersion" of "chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus" within Tennessee for the "express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight," or the practice known as geoengineering, would be prohibited by the bill, which is sponsored by Representative Monty Fritts (R-Kingston) and Senator Steve Southerland (R-Morristown).
Fritts asserted that attempts to "manage climate change" and "solar impact" through chemical compounds were "widely documented," and he aimed to shield Tennessee's air and water from the inadvertent effects of those endeavors.
"We just felt like that was a good place to drive the stake in the ground—not in Tennessee—we're not going to do this," Fritts said during a House subcommittee.
Fritts continued, explaining that he drafted the legislation in consultation with TDEC members to ensure that it would not conflict with "legitimate industry within this state."
However, Nashville Representative Justin Jones (D-Tenn.) rejected the bill, claiming that most of the information supporting Fritts' bill was "based on conspiracy theories."
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