Lawmaker pushed Biden to talk about reflecting sun rays. Now what? - E&E News

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Long article about Congressional reluctance to fund climate intervention research:

https://www.eenews.net/articles/lawmaker-pushed-biden-to-talk-about-reflecting-sun-rays-now-what/

Lawmaker pushed Biden to talk about reflecting sun rays. Now what?
By Emma Dumain, Corbin Hiar | 07/18/2023 06:37 AM EDT

Just ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend, the White House released a congressionally ordered report that opened the door to studying solar radiation modification, a controversial method of limiting global warming.

But the road forward remains cloudy. Congress, at least at this point, seems to have little inclination to support new funding for the little-researched concept, also known as solar geoengineering, which seeks to block the sun’s rays with sunlight-reflecting aerosols.
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