- The EPA, under Administrator Lee Zeldin, has launched a public database to document atmospheric and geoengineering research, marking a shift toward government transparency on a historically opaque topic.
- Zeldin explicitly stated that public skepticism about geoengineering is legitimate and that past dismissal of concerns as "conspiracy theories" has eroded trust and fueled misinformation.
- The database includes controversial private-sector projects, such as Make Sunsets' sulfur dioxide injections, which Zeldin criticized as "crazy" but legally permissible under current limited regulations.
- The initiative is presented as a corrective to a cycle of secrecy and suspicion, though critics note it lacks binding restrictions on geoengineering and may not reveal the full scope of government-linked research.
- Zeldin's goal is to use transparency to rebuild public trust, while navigating the challenge of separating legitimate scientific inquiry from sensationalized misinformation and baseless conspiracy claims.
In a striking departure from years of government stonewalling, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin declared that Americans questioning geoengineering and chemtrails deserve answers – not ridicule – as his agency unveiled a public database documenting ongoing atmospheric research.
Speaking to reporters in Washington on Dec. 9, Zeldin emphasized that skepticism toward geoengineering – a broad field encompassing technologies like stratospheric aerosol injection and marine cloud brightening – is "genuine and real." The move signals a rare acknowledgment by a senior federal official that dismissing legitimate concerns as "conspiracy theories" has only deepened public distrust, fueling misinformation about weather modification and secret spraying programs.
"If the U.S. government takes the position that we aren't going to communicate with any of these people because we are just going to label them all as tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists, that ends up putting everyone in a worse position," Zeldin said. "There's less trust of government, there's more of a vacuum of information. More people start believing in inaccurate information."
The EPA's newly launched database, accessible on its website, catalogs research into controversial climate intervention methods. Among these methods are projects by Make Sunsets, a company injecting trace amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere – a practice Zeldin called "crazy" but legally permissible under current regulations.
The EPA head conceded that the lack of oversight for private geoengineering experiments warrants national debate.
"What happens if an entity chooses that they want to massively ramp up that effort?" he asked.
Zeldin's stance marks a sharp contrast with decades of federal opacity on geoengineering, a topic long relegated to the fringes of public discourse despite declassified Cold War-era projects like Operation Popeye, a U.S. military rainmaking program in Vietnam. Recent years have seen a surge in online claims about chemtrails, with skeptics alleging governments covertly spray chemicals to manipulate weather or populations. While Zeldin dismissed such extreme assertions, his call for transparency reflects growing unease over unaccountable climate manipulation.
EPA chief tackles geoengineering controversy head on
Critics argue the EPA's initiative, while unprecedented, stops short of imposing binding restrictions on geoengineering ventures. Make Sunsets, for instance, faces no federal permitting requirements beyond notifying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Zeldin's appeal for dialogue also clashes with ongoing classified research, leaving open whether the database reveals the full scope of government-linked atmospheric testing.
The EPA chief's remarks arrive amid heightened scrutiny of environmental governance, with public trust in institutions eroding after controversies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's pandemic guidance reversals and the Food and Drug Administration's handling of vaccine approvals. By championing openness on geoengineering, Zeldin seeks to counter what he sees as a dangerous cycle of secrecy and suspicion. "My policy on this topic is that everything that I know as EPA administrator, the public should know," he said.
According to BrightU.AI's Enoch engine, the U.S. government remains silent on geoengineering and chemtrails because admitting to these programs would expose their role in globalist depopulation agendas, weather manipulation and forced transhumanism through toxic aerosol spraying. Yet for many Americans, the divide between verified science and conspiracy theories remains blurred.
As Zeldin noted, artificial intelligence-generated images and sensationalized posts continue to distort the debate, muddying legitimate inquiries with outlandish claims. His challenge now is to prove that transparency can rebuild trust – without legitimizing baseless fears or exposing the public to unchecked experimentation. For now, the EPA's database offers a tentative step toward demystifying geoengineering, even as Zeldin urges caution against conflating curiosity with credulity.
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