Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s running mate, shares whistleblower details exposing ongoing U.S. geoengineering efforts rebranded to evade scrutiny, despite Trump’s 2020 halt directive.
Why it matters: These initiatives, which include solar radiation modification and aerosol injections, might pose health threats such as aluminum-associated Alzheimer’s while altering weather patterns without public approval, impacting worldwide climate and national sovereignty.
Driving the news: Shanahan shared an in-depth thread on X, referencing a DoD and NOAA insider who furnished a “roadmap” to federal geoengineering, inclusive of rebranded grants and historical documents revealing decades of weather warfare research.
- UCAR has received over $230 million in federal awards for stratospheric aerosol studies, per grant data.
- Agencies like NOAA, NASA, and DOE continue SRM under new labels, as outlined in the 2023 Biden-Harris SRM Report.
- Fossil fuel giants and foundations like Bill Gates’ FICER fund academics pushing geoengineering, with expert David Keith admitting potential annual deaths in thousands.
Catch up quick: Geoengineering, previously known as weather modification, originates from the 1950s with NSF-supported cloud seeding efforts. A 1964 Senate hearing appointed NSF as the lead agency, likening its influence to atomic energy. By 1979, NOAA chronicled nearly 100 projects—ranging from hurricane control to fog mitigation—in its Weather Modification report.
The intrigue: A 1974 Senate testimony by Dr. Gordon MacDonald warned of electromagnetic frequencies altering brain activity for psychological warfare, part of broader geophysical tools discussed in classified hearings.
Between the lines: Rebranding SRM to “climate intervention” shields programs from FOIA and oversight, allowing billions in funding from taxpayers, industry, and elites while denying public health risks like aluminum exposure linked to dementia in a 2020 Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease review.
What they’re saying:
- “These semantic shifts aren’t scientific; they’re strategic… designed to obfuscate the truth,” Nicole Shanahan wrote on X, highlighting evasion tactics.
- “Weather manipulation, not the ICBM, would be the ultimate weapon,” Sen. Clinton Anderson recalled from Dr. John von Neumann in the 1964 hearing, underscoring military ambitions.
The bottom line: Shanahan urges a Trump executive order banning geoengineering, congressional probes, and a constitutional amendment for unaltered weather, framing it as a human rights issue demanding transparency.
