House Passes Bills to Ban Cloud Seeding and to Enhance Animal Torture Penalties

House passes bills to ban cloud seeding and to enhance animal torture penalties

Bills to prohibit cloud seeding in Iowa, raise the punishment for animal torture and require state prioritization of vehicles with biodiesel fuel capacities were sent to the Senate following House approval Thursday.

Iowa House passes bill targeting cloud seeding

Lawmakers advanced a bill prohibiting the intentional emission, injection or release of any chemicals into the atmosphere to affect weather, temperature, climate or intensity of sunlight.

Iowa House Passes Bill Banning Weather Engineering

On Thursday, the Iowa House approved legislation prohibiting attempts to manipulate the weather or climate within the state, sending House File 2640 forward on a party-line vote. The bill would make it illegal to release chemicals, substances or devices into the atmosphere for the purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, sunlight intensity or moisture levels in Iowa. Violations would be classified as a Class D felony, with additional c…