Epa Chief Takes Somehow-bold Stance Of 'chemtrails Aren't Real'

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These days, it feels for illustration we unrecorded successful a world that is chiefly built connected ridiculous conspiracy theories spread by far-right pundits connected podcasts and moreover our elected officials, but now it looks for illustration astatine slightest 1 of these theories has been put to bed... hopefully. Folks, our Environmental Protection Agency has officially stated that chemtrails from airplanes aren't real. I mean, of course, they weren't, but location has been renewed liking successful them pursuing catastrophic flooding successful Texas.

The idea of "chemtrails" being utilized to spray harmful chemicals into nan entity via airplanes to power weather, population, and nutrient proviso has been very good debunked for decades. However, that hasn't stopped skeptics from shaking their fists astatine nan skies successful rage, and truthful now nan caput of nan EPA, Lee Zeldin, had to measurement in. Earlier this week, nan Administration created a fewer websites that activity to "provide clear, science-based information" connected chemtrails and geoengineering, nan New York Times reports. It remains to beryllium seen if this is capable to person those who deliberation this worldly is real.

Here's what nan websites contain, according to The Times:

The websites mostly endorse nan technological consensus, according to scientists who reviewed them. For example, they statement that chemtrails are "often inaccurately" conflated pinch contrails, aliases condensation trails, which are nan long, bladed clouds near by airplanes arsenic h2o vapor successful jet-engine exhaust condenses and freezes.

In a video posted connected X, nan everything app, Zeldin says he asked his squad to compile a database of everything "we cognize astir contrails and geoengineering for nan intent of releasing it to you now publicly." He added that he didn't want to disregard "these questions and concerns arsenic baseless conspiracies." I conjecture you've sewage to meet nan group wherever they are sometimes.

Zeldin did qualify nan questions astir chemtrails arsenic "legitimate" successful a written statement, according to The Hill. He wrote that "Americans person morganatic questions" contrails and geoengineering, and we merit consecutive answers.

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If you're wondering why chemtrail conspiracies are still truthful prevalent today, look nary further than nan Trump management itself. A awesome illustration of this is Health and Human Services Secretary — and germ mentation skeptic — Robert F. Kennedy. He has apparently suggested, without evidence, that nan Defense Department's investigation limb is spraying U.S. citizens pinch harmful chemicals that person been added to pitchy fuel. Fantastic, Bob. Thanks for that.

"I'm going to do everything successful my powerfulness to extremity it," Kennedy said successful a May TV interview, according to The Times. "Find retired who's doing it and holding them accountable."

Kennedy isn't nan only 1 who is promoting this widely-dismissed clone science, either, arsenic NYT explains:

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, has for years dispersed nan baseless declare that nan authorities controls nan weather. She said connected Saturday that she planned to present a measure that "prohibits nan injection, merchandise aliases dispersion of chemicals aliases substances into nan ambiance for nan definitive intent of altering weather, temperature, ambiance aliases sunlight intensity. It will beryllium a felony offense."

Alec Ernst, a spokesperson for Ms. Greene, said successful an email that "the upwind modification measure was not inspired by nan events successful Texas. Congresswoman Greene has agelong discussed this issue, and nan measure has been successful nan useful for a while."

Ms. Greene said successful a societal media station that her effort was aligned pinch a Florida measure that imposes a $100,000 good and a five-year situation condemnation connected anyone who practices geoengineering aliases upwind modification. The Florida measure, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into rule past month, besides targets unreality seeding, nan believe of releasing substances for illustration metallic iodide into clouds to promote much rainfall aliases snow.

I suppose we tin springiness Zeldin immoderate kudos for making statements for illustration this, but that doesn't constrictive nan effect of his plans to dismantle galore of nan U.S.'s astir important biology regulations that put limits connected contamination from cars and powerfulness plants, protect wetlands, and let nan EPA to modulate greenhouse gasses that are heating up nan satellite astatine an alarming rate.