Geoengineering Bills by Year
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Rhode Island (2017 Regular Session)
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| H5607 | Geoengineering | Withdrawn | ||
| Rhode Island House Bill 5607, introduced in 2017, would have required permission from the state environmental director for any climate geoengineering activities including attempts to alter earth's temperature or atmospheric electrical conductivity, with violations punishable by up to five million dollars and fifteen years imprisonment, but was withdrawn at the sponsor's request before committee consideration. |
Last update Tue 21 Mar 2017 |
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| H6011 | House Resolution Creating A Special Legislative Commission To Study The Establishment Of Procedures To Regulate And License The Intentional Manipulation Of The Global Environment Through Geoengineering (creates A 5 Member Commission To Study And Provide Recommendations On The Regulation And Licensure Of Geoenginerring, And Who Would Report Back By April 2, 2018, And Expire On June 2, 2018.) | Died in chamber | ||
| Rhode Island House Resolution 6011, passed by the House in September 2017, created a five-member legislative commission to study geoengineering technologies including solar radiation management and cloud whitening and provide recommendations for state regulation and licensure by April 2018. |
Last update Tue 19 Sep 2017 |
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US Congress (2017-2018 Regular Session)
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| HB4586 | Geoengineering Research Evaluation Act of 2017 | Died in committee | ||
| This federal bill tasks the National Academies with developing a research roadmap for atmospheric albedo modification and governance frameworks for that research—explicitly excluding deployment questions—while Congressional findings frame geoengineering as a "higher risk reaction" compared to emissions reduction. |
Last update Tue 22 May 2018 |
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