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The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
Tennessee legislators are working through a bill that would prohibit the intentional release of chemicals into the air in an attempt to change the weather, temperature, or sunlight intensity.
House Bill 2063 (HB2063), sponsored by Representative Monty Fritts (R-Kingston-District 32), has already passed through the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday and Is set to be heard on the House Floor on March 28.
As written, HB2063 “Prohibits the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight.”
The bill will restrict solar geoengineering as well, which is said to be used as a means of fighting climate changes.
Legislators say the bill is needed to ensure environmental preservation.
Supporters of the bill say it is necessary to “push back against these climate mitigation efforts.”
Danielle Goodrich, from Tennessee Stands (Tri-Cities Coalition), said, “The heavy-handed government approach to the supposed “climate crisis” is just like the heavy-handed approach in COVID. The government lifted a moratorium on experimenting on viruses, told us there would be a pandemic, a virus was released, we were blamed for breathing, and our rights were infringed upon. Now we have the government experimenting on weather, telling us we will have severe weather, as they block out the sun, blame us for breathing and look to infringe on our rights again. They do not have the consent of Tennesseans to experiment on us.”
The companion Senate Bill 2691 (SB2691), sponsored by Senator Steve Southerland (R-Morristown-District 9), was passed by the full Senate on March 18.
If the law goes into effect, violators will be charged with a Class C misdemeanor offense and fined up to $10,000 per day for each violation.
