Nicole Shanahan has released a Detailed Report on Geoengineering That’s Drawing Serious Attention
In a recent thread on X, she exposes how U.S. agencies are pursuing solar radiation management (SRM) and other climate intervention methods with minimal public oversight or transparency.
Key Findings:
• Weather modification in the U.S. often requires only a basic NOAA Form 17-4
• No mandatory environmental impact assessments
• No opportunity for public input or review
• Federal agencies including NOAA—and possibly the Department of Defense—are involved, yet the full extent remains unclear
Shanahan argues that significant atmospheric interventions are being conducted with little to no public knowledge, ethical scrutiny, or regulatory safeguards.
What she’s calling for:
• Full transparency on all geoengineering activities
• Independent scientific and ethical oversight
• Public and international dialogue before any deployment of SRM technologies
In her words: “We have the right to know who’s manipulating our atmosphere — and why.”
Read the full thread:
Geoengineering: Who’s Behind It and How We Stop It
Over the past month, I’ve been in contact with a government whistleblower—an individual who has held high-level security clearances and has spent over a decade consulting directly with major federal agencies. Their experience spans the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, NOAA, and the Intelligence Community. With their permission, I’ve agreed to share here on X the information they provided to me, as they—and I—believe it raises serious concerns.
While the whistleblower did not disclose any classified information, what they did provide was a roadmap to navigate the tangled mess that is our government’s geoengineering programs. They told me that despite President Trump’s 2020 directive to halt taxpayer-funded climate change initiatives, federal grants for solar radiation management (SRM), stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), and other geoengineering technologies are still being issued. The programs haven’t stopped—they’ve just been rebranded.
Geoengineering is now commonly called “climate intervention.” SRM is now referred to as “solar radiation modification.” SAI is now “stratospheric aerosol intervention.” These semantic shifts aren’t scientific; they’re strategic. They’re designed to obfuscate the truth and shield these programs from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, media scrutiny, and public opposition.
The whistleblower provided me with federal grant data showing millions of taxpayer dollars flowing to universities under these new labels. One organization stood out: the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). This nonprofit consortium of 130 colleges and universities manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research on behalf of the National Science Foundation. UCAR has received more than $230 million in direct federal awards. Yet much of the documentation about their work is inaccessible without an internal login. Even so, their public-facing pages and scientific papers reveal clear participation in stratospheric aerosol assessments and other geoengineering research. The university-to-geoengineering pipeline is a real problem, and one that I discussed with Dane Wigington on Back to the People a few weeks ago.
Major universities are recruiting young people to be activists for geoengineering, and many of them later end up working at the very companies pushing these technologies. pic.twitter.com/B0afxL3lGU
According to the whistleblower, this network of programs is far more advanced and coordinated than the public has been led to believe.
In addition to internal files and historical documentation, they directed me to the Biden-Harris administration’s mandated 2023 SRM Report, which outlines the federal agencies currently involved in geoengineering, climate intervention, solar radiation management (SRM), and stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI). These include NOAA, NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the Department of Energy (DOE).
NOAA was emphasized as a critical place to start digging, an agency that has taken deliberate steps to discourage public inquiry into its own archives. One document that was highlighted, titled Weather Modification, published in 1979, describes nearly 100 geoengineering projects. These included hurricane manipulation, radioactive and electromagnetically enhanced fog dispersal, microwave chaff deployment, supersonic ice nucleation, and conventional cloud seeding operations. That report was released nearly 50 years ago. Since then, both the funding and the technology have expanded significantly.
Today, NOAA insists it does not fund geoengineering; however, it is currently allocating an estimated $1.2 million to solar radiation research, with up to four projects each receiving $300,000. NOAA disclosed this funding in a webinar last year; a clip of the presentation can be viewed below.
NASA also plays a critical logistical role. With a fleet of high-altitude, long-range aircraft and a global network of satellites, the agency is uniquely positioned to support large-scale deployment and monitoring of SRM technologies. The SRM Report (pg. 2 even references a National Academies publication describing NASA’s involvement in climate-related flight operations and airborne labs.
None of this is speculation. It is documented, federally coordinated, and strategically concealed behind euphemistic labels. These programs haven’t been discontinued. They’ve been renamed and reframed.
The History of Weather Warfare
What many Americans don’t realize is that none of this is new.
Our government has been investing in weather modification for over half a century, quietly and expansively, with almost no public oversight. A 1964 congressional hearing by the Senate Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation revealed astonishing testimony about the scale and ambition of federal efforts, even at that time.
Read More: https://t.me/LauraAbolichannel/73649, https://x.com/NicoleShanahan/s....tatus/19434326032747 https://thedailydots.substack.....com/p/unpacking-nico
