The Environmental Protection Agency is working to dispel conspiracy theories about contrails and geoengineering by releasing new online resources on Thursday, July 10. The EPA said the move is to show its commitment to “total transparency” about “legitimate questions” Americans have about the phenomenon.
“Americans have legitimate questions about contrails and geoengineering, and they deserve straight answers.” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said. “We’re publishing everything EPA knows about these topics on these websites.”
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What information is now available?
The agency published new online information on condensation trails, also known as “contrails.” They describe the science behind them to try to help dispel “myths and misconceptions” about them. The most popular conspiracy theory behind contrails is “chemtrails.” Conspiracy theorists claim the government releases chemicals in contrails to alter the weather, control people’s minds and regulate the population.
The EPA has specifically dedicated a new online tool focusing on solar engineering experiments, which entail cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight into space through the use of gases such as sulfur dioxide.
“EPA shares the significant reservations many Americans have when it comes to geoengineering activities,” Zeldin said.
The new online resources explain the science and studies involving geoengineering, including potential drawbacks, such as concerns that it may harm the ozone layer and crops, alter weather patterns and create acid rain.
The EPA’s new tools also offer information on the ongoing efforts of the agency to find and monitor “private actors engaged in such activities.”
The new online pages also provide information on weather modification and cloud seeding, as well as federal and state government efforts.
Announcement receives praise and criticism
Professors who specialize in public policy and reviewed the information called the new EPA resources accurate.
Zeldin also posted the announcement on social media, which drew criticism from some users on X. Many critics on social media said he’s lending credence to conspiracy theorists who have no factual evidence for their claims.
“Some people have ‘questions’ about whether birds are real — will that be your next project? Rep. Don Beyer, D-VA, wrote in a reply on X. “How much taxpayer money will you be spending on this?”
President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has shown support for the chemtrails conspiracy theory, hailed Zeldin’s announcement.
“I’m so proud of my friend Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump for their commitment to finally shatter the Deep State Omerta regarding the diabolical mass poisoning of our people, our communities, our waterways and farms, and our purple mountains, majesty,” he wrote on X.
The agency’s effort comes as conspiracy theories about the deadly Texas floods continue to spread. One of those claims suggested the mass flooding was caused by cloud seeding, which has been debunked by meteorologists.
Despite not having any evidence that weather manipulation caused the floods, some lawmakers are already proposing legislation to stop it. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a bill that would ban cloud seeding, citing the floods in Texas as her reason.
