Make Sunsets, a private California company, is launching balloons to release sulfur dioxide

Make Sunsets, a private California company, is launching balloons to release sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere for solar geoengineering, aiming to block sunlight and fight global warming. Catherine Ybarra has called this a reckless folly, exposing unchecked climate experiments.

She wrote to the EPA for ICAN, noting sulfur dioxide is a regulated pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Their reply, from Joseph Kaufman, was chilling: ‘Yes, it’s geoengineering. We helped with a 2023 White House research plan. Thanks for your letter.’ No action—just awareness. She asked if they condone Make Sunsets’ unregulated efforts. What if we need that sunlight during a grand solar minimum? What if cooling worsens? No oversight exists—any firm can file a NOAA form and block the sun. The EPA’s silence is alarming. https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1896172200866050432