Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:

Attendance at subcommittee meetings by lobbyists and the public is via zoom or in-person. See agenda for zoom details. Only authenticated users are permitted access.

SSB 3010

A bill for an act relating to the prohibition of geoengineering activities, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2208.)

Agenda

Subcommittee members: McClintock-CH, Alons, Knox

Date: Monday, January 26, 2026

Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Location: Senate Lounge

Comments Submitted:

The purpose of comments is to provide information to members of the subcommittee.

Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.

01-26-2026

Nancy Dugan [Select your title]

This proposed bill does not address the fact that newer methods of cloud seeding are in use that do not use polluting chemicals. This article documents the USDA's use of water and an electrical charge to induce rain: https://www.agweb.com/weather/usdascientiststestingnewcloudseedingtechnology. Other nonpolluting methods of cloud seeding are also either in use or under study. The USDA article was published in 2022. It documents the use of this technology in Texas. I believe all of these bills throughout the country are likely related to carbon capture utilization and storage. Storage is increasingly also used to mine for minerals and potentially make hydrogen, etc. See this link: https://www.google.com/search?q=can+carbon+dioxide+be+used+to+mine+for+critical+minerals+and+produce+hydrogen%3F&rlz=1C1CHBFenUS798US798&oq=can+carbon+dioxide+be+used+to+mine+for+critical+minerals+and+produce+hydrogen%3F&gslcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCjIxNzExajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBWeu0V2espqU&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF8. This article documents the immense amount of water needed for carbon capture and sequestration: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032120307978. One quote from the article states the following: "Largescale deployment of carbon capture and storage could double the water footprint of humanity." The second dimension, utilization, will add another layer of water use, and it may be massive. We know little about this. Where is the study of our aquifers? Please follow your constitutional duty to protect the people of this state. This article documents the displacement and destruction of people and villages in China in the country's pursuit of water dominance, which in my view violates the 1976 United Nations Environmental Modification Convention: https://www.google.com/search?q=has+china%27s+buildout+of+massive+dam+projects+displaced+the+people+and+villages+of+China%3F&rlz=1C1CHBFenUS798US798&oq=has+china%27s+buildout+of+massive+dam+projects+displaced+the+people+and+villages+of+China%3F&gslcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCjIxODEyajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBRawz0YxD2OR&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF8.

01-26-2026

Kelly Baier

SSB 3010 is an initial step toward rational management of Iowa's atmospheric water. This bill would be improved by providing a permitting process to allow desirable weather modification. It also would be improved by designating the DNR as the enforcement agency because the DNR currently regulates Iowa's surface and ground water resources, as well as Iowa's air.

01-26-2026

Anita Ilg

I urge you to please know all you can about this thing named Geoengineering that is taking place in the skies above Iowa and raining down poisons up on us and blocking the sun and creating weather havoc, or potentially doing so. Please protect Iowans, our land, our wildlife & every creeping thing and our environment from this evil.