Florida airports soon must submit monthly reports on weather modification activities or face the loss of state funding under a controversial new law derided by critics as fueling conspiracy theories.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning "geoengineering and weather modification activities," which some believe targets the "chemtrails" conspiracy theory. The bill increases penalties ...

Louisiana could soon ban any attempt to modify the weather through techniques like solar geoengineering or cloud seeding after a bill passed the Louisiana Legislature. Those techniques are still ...

The House DOGE subcommittee will hold a hearing next week about weather control and geo-engineering, a hot topic for committee Chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The hearing titled, “Playing God ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Florida is "under attack" from toxic particulates circulated in the atmosphere and water. The state Department of Environmental Protection’s records show ...

WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. A few days after a flash flood in ...

From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation. It was October 2024, and Hurricane Helene had just ...

A few days after a flash flood in Texas killed at least 135 people, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier promoted a new law he says will help the state avoid the same scenario. He wasn’t talking ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new law bans companies and people from modifying the weather in Florida, including cloud seeding. On July 1, Senate Bill 56 officially became law in Florida— banning the ...

For years, outlandish theories about the U.S. government using airplanes to spray harmful chemicals over U.S. homes or powerful elites controlling the weather were relegated to the fringes of society.