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Edward A. (Ted) Parson is Distinguished Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law and Faculty Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Yes -- Everything Chuck says is correct. I was describing what the chemtrails conspiracy folks believe, not suggesting that any…

On The Politics of Geoengineering Are Getting Stranger

For interested readers, the paper M Smith refers to is at https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA333462.pdf. It's a speculative piece, written in 1996, about…

On Reflections on “Yes they can control the weather.”

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On A Radical Proposal Hidden in Plain Sight in the Overshoot Commission Report

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On A Radical Proposal Hidden in Plain Sight in the Overshoot Commission Report

Hi Jai -- You are correct, SO2 is regulated under the US Clean Air Act -- but not in ways…

On A Dangerous Disruption

Hi Joe -- Alleged bias not clear to me. Where do you think you see it? The scenario portrays a…

On Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency

Hi Alan -- This is a completely reasonable concern about expanded research, and one that has been regularly raised about…

On Geoengineering: Ready for its Close-up?

Unless by "conclusive and indisputable proof" you mean some standard of utter certainty only available in mathematics and other purely…

On Climate Engineering: National Academy Committee recommends starting research (with limits)

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