
Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses
State legislatures are passing bills to ban weather modification and geoengineering based on decades-old “chemtrails” conspiracy theories, moving the fringe theory from online into actual public policy. Most recently, legislators in Louisiana passed such legislation, which is now on the governor’s desk. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee already signed a similar bill into law last year and one in Florida has passed both the House and the Senate. More than a dozen states have introduced their own measures, some of which have already failed and others that are making their way through the legislative process.