{"id":1976836,"date":"2023-07-18T22:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-lawmakers-sour-on-geoengineering-climate-hinted-at-by-white-house\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T22:43:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:43:47","slug":"democratic-lawmakers-sour-on-geoengineering-climate-hinted-at-by-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-lawmakers-sour-on-geoengineering-climate-hinted-at-by-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic lawmakers are becoming less enthusiastic about the White House&#8217;s suggestion of geoengineering as a solution to climate change."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-lawmakers-sour-on-geoengineering-climate-hinted-at-by-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976836&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic \u200dLawmakers Reject\u200d Geoengineering as a \u200dSolution to Climate Change<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic \u200blawmakers have firmly rejected the \u200bidea of using\u200c geoengineering to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-debate-future-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Lawmakers debate future infrastructure bills\">address climate change<\/a>, \u200ddespite it being \u200bsuggested \u2064by the \u2064White House. \u2064In\u2062 June, the \u2062White House \u200dreleased \u200ba report advocating for further \u200cexploration \u2064of\u200c solar radiation \u200bmodification, a\u200d concept that involves blocking or limiting the sun&#8217;s rays \u2063from reaching Earth. However, this\u2062 idea\u2064 has\u2063 faced \u2062increasing\u2062 opposition from Democratic \u2062lawmakers.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns \u200cOver \u2062Complicated \u200cand Potentially\u200c Dangerous Solutions<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Sheldon\u2064 Whitehouse (D-RI) questioned the need \u2064for \u2064a\u200c complex and\u200c potentially hazardous solution when a more obvious one \u200dis readily available. He emphasized the importance \u200dof \u2064exploring alternative \u2064approaches. Representative Zoe Lofgren\u2064 (D-CA), the\u200b leading\u200d Democrat on \u2063the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, \u200dexpressed concerns about\u2064 the potential &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; \u200bconsequences of \u2064manipulating the \u2064climate.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats \u200chave taken action \u2062to prevent any \u200dattempts at\u200c implementing \u200cgeoengineering. Senator Ed \u200cMarkey (D-MA)\u2064 and \u2062Representative Debbie \u200bDingell (D-MI) introduced legislation\u2062 last year to\u200b block funding\u2064 for solar \u200cradiation modification.<\/p>\n<h3>White\u2064 House Report Sparks Debate<\/h3>\n<p>The White\u2063 House report,\u200b which merely suggested further study of geoengineering, is \u200cunlikely\u200b to sway\u200c the \u2064skeptical \u2063Democratic\u2063 lawmakers. The debate surrounding this controversial \u200dconcept\u2063 continues, with\u200b Democrats advocating\u200c for caution and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-lawmakers-sour-on-geoengineering-climate-hinted-at-by-white-house\/\" title=\"Democratic lawmakers are becoming less enthusiastic about the White House's suggestion of geoengineering as a solution to climate change.\">exploring\u200c alternative solutions<\/a> \u200bto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-full-green-new-deal-tyrant-carbon-emissions-threaten-the-very-existence-of-our-planet-video\/\" title=\"Biden Goes Full Green New Deal Tyrant: Carbon Emissions Threaten \u201cthe Very Existence of our Planet\u201d (VIDEO)\">combat climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic lawmakers rejected the White House&#8217;s proposal of geoengineering as a solution to climate change. The White House report, released in June, recommended exploring solar radiation modification, a concept that involves blocking or reducing the sun&#8217;s rays. 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