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Idaho Legislature: Ask Legislators to VOTE NO on S1064a - Cloud seeding (posted 03/10/25, updated 03/11/25, 03/13/25, 03/21/25)
Bill: legislature.idaho.gov/s…
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(Check the linked page or use My Bill Tracker for the bill’s current status.)
03/21/25 Update: Passed senate 34-0-1. Please check the bill page for details on additional amendments and engrossments.
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03/13/25 Update: How Idaho's Cloud Seeding Transparency Bill (SB1064) Went From a YES to a NO! (03/12/25, video 31:36)
Interview discusses current status of Idaho bills S1064 - Cloud Seeding and S1065 - Weather Modification, how these statuses came to be, and important informed consent and transparency issues surrounding cloud seeding and weather modification. Show notes include resource links and a call to action.
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Original Bill: legislature.idaho.gov/w…
Amendment Description: legislature.idaho.gov/w…
Amended Bill (Engrossment 1): legislature.idaho.gov/w…
Idaho’s cloud seeding program has operated with little to NO financial transparency or scientific evidence of efficacy. Clips from IWRB Finance Committee Meeting No. 8-24 show members wanting more money but being unclear about how much more they needed. Just “more” was their answer.
The original S1064 put commonsense reporting transparency into Idaho’s cloud seeding program. Unfortunately, stakeholders have amended a transparency bill into expanded exemptions and more ambiguity. Passing S1064 would allow cloud seeding operators a public relations win by claiming they’ve passed a transparency bill while hiding information and creating more marketing material on safety of cloud seeding rather than the real testing we need.
Amended S1064 is a hijacked bill that should no longer carry the title of transparency. It’s unsupportable by anyone seeking transparency and no expansion of the cloud seeding program. The revised bill requires less timely, less transparent reporting and provides Idaho Power Company (IPC) and cloud seeding operators with even more opportunities to continue experimenting on Idahoans in open air under the guise of "orchard and crop protection."
A better approach – if S1064 cannot be returned to its previous version – is to WITHDRAW IT COMPLETELY and try again next year when public outcry will be louder and we have a more supportive federal government.
Citizens who have been nurturing S1064 (and companion S1065 – which we understand will NOT be heard this session) DO NOT support the amended version. We hope the bill sponsor, won't either. Passing S1064 in the Senate, and then hoping for desirable amendments in the House is risky and could be a fool's errand, a task almost certain to fail.
NOTE: Cloud seeding (along with general weather modification) is being banned elsewhere due to unproven benefits and possible harms to human, plant, and animal health; possible contribution to floods and wildfire; and waste of taxpayer funds.
References:
What are various states doing to prohibit weather modification (Legiscan search)? legiscan.com/gaits/sear…
No Liability: HB266 (2021), page 2, item 5: legislature.idaho.gov/w…
Cloud Seeding Experiment in Idaho: eolson47.substack.com/p…
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