Zeldin Defends Those Worried About Tinkering With The Sun: ‘Not Conspiracy Theorists’

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin told reporters Tuesday night that those concerned about geoengineering are justified and that the government should not brand them all as “tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists.”

The EPA unveiled a public database of current research regarding contrails and geoengineering. Americans on June 10. Zeldin said in response to a 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation question on Tuesday that geoengineering concerns are “genuine and real,” though some individuals post misleading media online about the subject.

If the government pans people concerned about geoengineering, more people will end up “believing in inaccurate information,” Zeldin argued, adding that there is “nothing” he has “come in contact with” on the subject that has not been added to the website. He advocated for “total transparency” on the topic.

“If the U.S. government takes the position that we aren’t going to communicate with any of these people because we are just going to label them all as tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists, that ends up putting everyone in a worse position,” Zeldin said on Tuesday. “ there’s less trust of government, there’s more of a vacuum of information. More people start believing in inaccurate information.”

“Geoengineering encompasses a broad range of activities, including those that intentionally attempt to cool the Earth or remove certain gases from the atmosphere,” the EPA’s website states. Contrails are clouds that form when water vapor condenses and freezes around small particles in aircraft exhaust, according