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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | June 11, 2024 05:35 PM |
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| From: | Senator Doug Mastriano |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Clean Air Preservation Act |
| I will soon be introducing legislation to assure Pennsylvanians that the clean air, water and healthy environment guaranteed to them in the Pennsylvania Constitution (Article 1, Section 27) are better protected. In 1967, the General Assembly had the foresight to pass a law to regulate weather modification involving cloud seeding experiments after unauthorized attempts by a group using planes and ground generators to emit silver iodide into the air to suppress hail in Fulton and Franklin counties, as well as information about the US and other countries experimentation in weather manipulation for national security and potential weaponization purposes, came to light. The White House last year released a report, "Congressionally Mandated Research Plan & Initial Research Governance Framework Related to Solar Radiation Modification" providing documentation that the Federal Government, or other entities acting on the Federal Government's behalf or at the Federal Government's request, may conduct solar radiation modification (SRM), or geoengineering experiments involving the release of air contaminants into the atmosphere, and those activities may occur within this Commonwealth. Allowing the release of unknown, experimental, and potentially hazardous substances into the atmosphere without the consent of the people of Pennsylvania is a clear violation of Article 1, Section 27 of the PA Constitution. With the 1967 law for weather modification control as precedent, and joining ten other states this year in proposing related legislation, The Clean Air Preservation Act will prohibit the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals, chemical compounds, or substances within the borders of Pennsylvania into the atmosphere for purposes which include affecting temperature, weather, and intensity of sunlight. This legislation was introduced in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Illinois, South Dakota, Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina, Minnesota, and Ohio -- and passed into law in Tennessee. Please join me in cosponsoring this important legislation. |
Introduced as SB1264
Memo Updated: June 11, 2024 05:39 PM