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Dane Wigington is the founder and principal voice of GeoEngineering Watch, a self-styled watchdog and advocacy site alleging secret, large-scale climate‑engineering programs often labeled “chemtrails”...
GeoEngineering Watch, led by Dane Wigington, asserts that extensive, covert climate‑engineering programs — often called “chemtrails” — are being deployed globally and are responsible for extreme weath...
Dane Wigington is widely described in activist and media sources as a self-taught researcher and activist focused on “geoengineering” and “climate engineering,” not as a credentialed atmospheric scien...
Dane Wigington’s pre-activism résumé consistently presented in his own and sympathetic profiles lists a background in , including employment at Bechtel Power Corporation and licensure as a contractor ...
GeoEngineering Watch, led by Dane Wigington, presents a body of material—soil and precipitation tests, satellite imagery, patents and eyewitness media—that it treats as proof of active, large-scale at...
Since 2015 government responses to GeoEngineering Watch allegations have been a mixture of —federal agencies mostly debunk “chemtrail” claims while simultaneously authorizing measured study of geoengi...
Satellite sensors and in‑situ atmospheric monitoring can detect unusual aerosol loads, particle types and gas releases that would accompany many solar geoengineering schemes, and U.S. agencies are bui...
Documented, lawful research into solar geoengineering using aircraft exists: universities and startups are modeling or planning experiments that could use retrofitted or existing airplanes to disperse...
GeoEngineering Watch (led by Dane Wigington) has, since 2015, repeatedly alleged the existence of active atmospheric aerosol spraying and broader "climate engineering" operations — described on its si...
GeoEngineering Watch, led by Dane Wigington, has since at least 2015 repeatedly alleged large-scale, secret “geoengineering” (often called chemtrail) programs are being implemented worldwide, that the...
Dane Wigington is publicly described as having a background in solar energy, having worked for Bechtel Power Corporation, and having been a licensed contractor in California and Arizona before foundin...
There is no single, comprehensive international treaty that specifically governs airplane-based solar geoengineering experiments; instead governance in reporting, environmental review, and aviation sa...
Available reporting in the supplied set shows active public debate, academic research and small, announced field tests of geoengineering concepts — but no widely accepted whistleblower or leaked-docum...
Available reporting shows that geoengineering is a contested idea that has moved from fringe to mainstream policy discussion, with both scientific bodies urging careful research and strong critics war...
Dane Wigington is presented across multiple sources as the founder and lead researcher of GeoEngineering Watch and a former solar-energy contractor who began publicly investigating alleged climate eng...
Scientists broadly reject GeoEngineering Watch’s core claims—especially the idea of covert, large‑scale aerial “chemtrail” spraying—on grounds of . Peer surveys and content analyses show mainstream re...
Dane Wigington and GeoEngineering Watch assert that large‑scale atmospheric spraying—commonly called “chemtrails” or climate geoengineering—has been carried out for years, using aerosolized coal fly a...