Geoengineering sparks international ban, first-ever congressional report

[KiwiClare]

Propaganda alert   I wonder if this has come out now to try and send people back to sleep?  Don't worry, the government is looking after this, go back to sleep?  Or am I being too cynical?

Geoengineering sparks international ban, first-ever congressional report
For more go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102906365.html?hpid=topnews
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 29, 2010; 8:05 PM

A senior House Democrat from Tennessee issued the first congressional report on geoengineering Friday, just as delegates from 193 nations approved a ban on such research under a global biodiversity treaty.
The debate over whether humans should explore ways to manipulate the climate has taken on increased urgency over the past year, as efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming have encountered political roadblocks in the United States and elsewhere.

The measure adopted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, which recently concluded in Nagoya, Japan, states "that no climate-related geo-engineering activities that may affect biodiversity take place, until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts, with the exception of small-scale scientific research studies" under controlled circumstances.

For more go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/29/AR2010102906365.html?hpid=topnews

[rustygunn]

I was pissed after I saw "What in the world are they spraying".  Especially the last part where the congress critters were scrambling like cock roaches to get away from the reporters. 
I guess this report should put my mind at ease....big brother is on the case....(sarcasm) ha ha.    

[citizenx]

I am still skeptical about this report, too, but it doesn't even apply to my country (U.S.) as we are not signatories.

So, the U.S. government could still go ahead with any unilateral geoengineering campaigns it has going on -- no matter how, presumably, those affect other countries.