Mexico considers a ban on “Geoengineering” after the experiments on the border with the USA
An almost amateurish experiment conducted in Mexico near the US border has alarmed the government of the Latin country, which is considering legislating to ban bioengineering experiments.
One day in April, the founder of a US startup called Make Sunsets got out of a camper in Mexican Baja California and released two weather balloons containing sulfur dioxide into the air, letting them float towards the stratosphere.
Entrepreneur Luke Iseman said the sulfur dioxide in the balloons would deflect sunlight and cool the atmosphere, a controversial climate strategy known as solar geoengineering. Mexico said the launch violated its national sovereignty.
Iseman, 39, said he didn't know what happened to the balls. But the unauthorized launch, made public in January, has already had an impact: it has unleashed a series of reactions that could set the rules for future geoengineering studies, especially by private companies, in Mexico and around the world.
The Mexican government told Reuters it was drafting "new regulations and rules" to ban atmospheric geoengineering within the country. A senior government official told Reuters that Mexico also plans to mobilize other countries to ban this climate strategy.
While the Mexican government announced its intention to ban solar geoengineering in January, its current actions and plans to discuss geoengineering bans with other countries have not been previously reported.
“ Progress is being made… to prepare new regulations and standards on geoengineering, i.e. to advance an official Mexican regulation prohibiting this activity on the national territory ,” Mexico's environment ministry said in a written statement to Reuters. Mexico's backlash comes as a growing number of scientists and policymakers urge more solar geoengineering studies, recognizing that emissions cuts alone won't limit dangerous climate change and that more innovations may be needed. But you can't let the atmosphere be changed by environmental scientists who might be sorcerers. A probably necessary move that could then spread to other countries by creating a real coalition against rough geoengineering.
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