Alameda City Council
June 4, 2024

From: Clint R Ulrich
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] USS Hornet Collaboration
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 6:53:56 PM
Dear Members of the City Council of Alameda,
I am writing to you to express my concern about the recent decision to halt the cloud brightening experiment that was being conducted by the University of Washington in partnership with the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum. The USS Hornet is a tremendous asset to the education of our citizens of all ages and this partnership is an excellent opportunity to address a current issue and enhance the excellent educational programs that are already a part of the museum.

Having spent a career working at a university myself, I can attest to the importance of such research, and to the strict protocols involved in making sure that the research is conducted in a safe manner. I am confident that a review of the health and environmental safety impacts of the testing will prove that it is not detrimental to the community.

In conclusion, I would like to express my strong support for the continuation of this partnership. The USS Hornet is a monumental asset to the community and this type of collaboration only increases its value.

Sincerely,
Clint Ulrich

From: Shiva Vignesh Rajagopal
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] UW/USS Hornet Study
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 6:16:39 PM
Dear City Council of Alameda,
I'm writing today to express my strong support for continuing the small-scale Atmospheric Sea Salt Process Studies on the USS Hornet.

We are in an age where there are many doomsayers and deniers of climate change. Many people refuse to reduce their impact on the climate if it means a change in their lifestyle or added inconvenience.

In this environment, the University of Washington and the USS Hornet are doing the opposite:
they are collaborating on a potentially new and fame-changing way of handling climate change and giving our planet a fighting chance. Their approach to "brightening clouds" is simple and far easier than most other solutions to climate change, such as building solar or wind infrastructure.

Additionally, given that this is an experiment, I believe the potential benefits of answering these scientific questions outweigh the potential harm of continuing this experiment. There is ample precedent for this experiment, and good scientific background to why it might work, in a far less harmful way than previous results have shown (usually using sulfur) While there are many who say that we should focus on other routes to avert climate change (lessen our impact, use alternative clean power) we cannot afford to leave anything on the table. This experiment is absolutely worth continuing.

Having been aboard the Hornet before, I can attest to the dedication and care it's staff shows for the ship and the environment surrounding it. I trust their ability to collaborate and support this experiment.

Overall, please consider allowing this study to continue.

Sincerely,
Shiva Rajagopal
From: Panganga Pungowiyi
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: Tom Goldtooth2; Tamra Gilbertson
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Urgent Request to Postpone Voting on Marine Cloud Brightening Experiment Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 3:44:31 PM
Dear Honorable Mayor and Members of the Alameda County Council, I am writing to you on behalf of the Indigenous Environmental Network regarding the upcoming decision on the marine cloud brightening experiment. We urge the council to postpone the voting on this matter until meaningful consultation and Free Prior and Informed Consent of impacted Indigenous Peoples are obtained.

The principle of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) is a fundamental right of Indigenous peoples to make decisions that affect their lives, lands, and resources. Without the consent of impacted Indigenous Peoples, proceeding with the experiment violates their rights and undermines their sovereignty. It is crucial that the council sets an example of good practice by respecting and upholding Indigenous rights in decision-making processes.

Regarding geoengineering, Indigenous Peoples have raised concerns about potential ecological impacts, cultural implications, and governance issues surrounding marine cloud brightening. These concerns include disruptions to marine ecosystems, threats to cultural practices and traditional knowledge, and historical marginalization in decision-making processes related to geoengineering projects.

Engaging in meaningful consultation with impacted Indigenous Peoples, as well as adhering to the UN standard of Free Prior and Informed Consent, is essential to ensure that their voices are heard, their concerns are addressed, and their consent is obtained before any decisions are made regarding the experiment. This engagement will not only build respect and trust but also uphold principles of justice and equity in decision-making processes.

Postponing the decision on the marine cloud brightening experiment allows time for proper consultation, which is ethically sound and required. It presents an opportunity for the council to demonstrate its commitment to reconciliation, respect for Indigenous rights, and responsible governance by prioritizing the rights and well-being of the impacted Indigenous Peoples.

In conclusion, we stress the importance of accountability mechanisms, transparency in decision-making processes, and public engagement and awareness regarding the experiment.

By engaging with Indigenous communities and respecting their Free Prior and Informed Consent, we can develop more sustainable, community-driven approaches to addressing climate change and ocean conservation that are respectful of Indigenous knowledge and values.

Therefore, we strongly advise that the voting for this issue be postponed until a proper consultation process with impacted Indigenous communities has taken place. Your decision in this matter will not only impact the immediate future but also shape the long-term relationships with Indigenous communities and the ethical practices of scientific research and experimentation.

Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.

Sincerely,
Panganga Pungowiyi, Climate Geoengineering Organizer
Indigenous Environmental Network
From: Adam Wong
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Agenda Item 7-B City Council Meeting supporting comment Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 12:59:32 PM
June 4, 2024
Dear Alameda City Council,
I am a space industry professional, born and raised California resident, writing to express my support of the research proposed on the USS Hornet.

Throughout my life, I have benefited greatly from California’s legendary climate and innovative spirit. These are double blessings so rare in the world, much less together. The research taking place on the USS Hornet opens a pathway to conserve both.

Like so many other young and idealistic dreamers and doers, I’ve moved to this Bay Area to draw upon and contribute to the grand American project of liberty, opportunity, and justice for all, and it's here I’ve learned the importance of responsibility, good stewardship, science, and that a chance to help your neighbor should always be taken.

Inequality also runs deep in the Bay. Climate impacts exacerbate inequality around the world as they do here. If we have a chance to mitigate the suffering of those who deserve it the least, we should investigate it. If we have a chance to better inform ourselves on how to reduce the suffering in the world, we should take it.

Regards,
Adam Wong
San Francisco, CA
[email protected]
From: Hope Salzer
To: City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Comment on June 4, 2024 Agenda Item 7b...

Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 11:00:44 AM
Dear Honorable Alameda City Council,
I want to express my strong opposition to the marine cloud brightening research recently begun (thankfully suspended) and being considered for approval on tonight’s Council meeting agenda in item number 7b.

I strongly oppose this research. While it may provide data on how effectively marine cloud brightening can reduce solar radiation reaching the earth, that same solar radiation is needed at full-strength to power the clean-energy economy in which thousands of residents and taxpayers are investing and on which they are counting to decelerate the harmful effects of fossil fuel use.

This Council needs to whole-heartedly and full-throatedly support restrictions on fossil-fuel use and incentives to implement electrification and increase energy-use efficiency. This research is aimed at thwarting the transition to a clean-energy economy— an energy-source which is already more cost-effective to adopt than fossil-based alternatives. Moreover, this research continues the efforts of the fossil-fuel and related industries to distract from efforts to avoid climate damage in the first place. Instead of pursuing this false-flag operation, we need to use public policy to accelerate the transition to clean-energy options. Marine-cloud brightening and related efforts such as carbon-capture are expensive and dangerous wish-list tactics manufactured by fossil-related industries that only offer false hope for residents, voters and taxpayers and do nothing to reduce the other very significant, negative health impacts of fossil-based pollution.

Thank you for considering my point-of-view.

Sincerely,
-Hope Salzer
From: Alejandro Kauffmann
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] In re: agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 12:16:09 PM
Dear Mayor Ashcraft and members of the Alameda City Council, I have followed the proposed cloud brightening research on the USS Hornet with great interest. The fight against climate change requires an all-hands-on-deck, all-out offensive with every means at our disposal, but it also requires care and nuance, as each approach has different effectiveness and risks. Research to establish the effectiveness and risks of distinct geoengineering approaches is critical right now, especially given the broad, anti-scientific strokes with which geoengineering's opponents inveigh against it. I was happy to learn that such research would be happening in the Bay Area and disappointed when it was put on hold.

I appreciate the city council's desire to further consider the matter and I hope its members are not swayed by anti-geoengineering dogmatism.

Opponents of geoengineering contend it doesn't work, that none of the proposed technologies has a track record. The same can be said of any new technology. Research is what establishes that track record and allows us to quantify the potential risks and understand the unknowns.

We would never have developed flight if having never flown before was a valid reason not to try. Overcoming our ignorance is the primary motivation for research.

Opponents of geoengineering contend it can be weaponized. The same can be said of any new technology. Policy is what keeps weapons in check, and policy needs to be informed by knowledge derived through a replicable, documented, objective process. And if it is inevitable as opponents argue that geoengineering once developed will be weaponized, then it's doubly important for us to conduct research and establish a solid understanding that will allow us to properly defend ourselves should that eventuality arise.

Opponents of geoengineering contend it distracts from other more viable solutions. This is primarily an argument about government funding and policy. We have no idea what solutions will work in the long run so we need to try as many as possible now while we still have time.

If a particular research approach yields superior results, policy and funding will follow. It is irresponsible to ignore possible solutions because they don't reflect current climate strategies.

Opponents of geoengineering contend that many geoengineering approaches would exploit the environment and vast human populations. That is a conversation to be had in the context of an individual technology as it approaches maturity, not at a feasibility research stage.

I definitely think scientists struggle when it comes to communicating with the public, and this case is no exception. The city's investigation was necessary, and it confirmed the safety of the research, which is the topic that should be under discussion, rather than a broader critique of science or geoengineering or the future of the Bay Area's weather. Alameda has a track record of supporting innovative climate technology and I hope it continues to do so by allowing this research to continue.

I look forward to hearing the debate and seeing its results, Alex Kauffmann
San Francisco, CA
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: RE: Response to open questions
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 10:15:28 AM
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From: Griff Neal <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 4, 2024 10:14 AM
Subject: RE: Response to open questions
To: 'Sarah Doherty' <[email protected]>,Trish Spencer <[email protected]>,'Liz Taylor' <[email protected]>
Cc: 'Kelly Wanser' <[email protected]>,Tony Daysog <[email protected]>,Tracy Jensen <[email protected]> Hi Sarah,
I appreciate the willingness to share the amount of salt sprayed during a 10 minute experiment. Once again I am asking that you share actual measured salt concentrations, from the Hornet test stands, generated during the 10 minute experiments that sprayed the 1 kilogram of salt you define.

The models Dr. Pierce generated while interesting are based upon minor components in concentrations of less than 1/10
th of 1% of total. The models do not appear to integrate differences in unit cell structure, crystal shape, or attractive forces of the high concentration salts like Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate.

Measured data will answer the question of whether salt concentration of any type exceeds the regulatory framework. If something is problematic test parameter adjustments can be made.

The absence of real data breeds mistrust.

Griff
From: Sarah Doherty [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2024 5:19 PM
To: Trish Spencer; Griff Neal; Liz Taylor
Cc: Kelly Wanser
Subject: Response to open questions
Hello Trish, Griff and Liz,
Trish and Liz, it was nice to see you at the Alameda Point Open House yesterday.

We prepared responses to what have been raised as open concerns in the Comments to the City and wanted to share with you the officially submitted document (see attached).

Regards,
Sarah
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Sarah Doherty
[email protected]
Associate Prof., Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Sr. Research Scientist, CICOES
Program Director, Marine Cloud Brightening Program
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington USA
TED Talk: Aerosols, clouds & MCB
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: Re: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: CAARE Program Engagement Overview Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:33:21 AM
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Date: Jun 4, 2024 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: CAARE Program Engagement Overview To: Tracy Jensen <[email protected]>,Tony Daysog <[email protected]>,Trish Spencer <[email protected]> Cc:

The attached photo shows hand held measuring equipment. The text describes having students participate in measuring salt concen trations. Please do not allow CAARE to run chemical spray tests while children are present.

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President
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On Jun 3, 2024, at 6:01 PM, Tracy Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:

The drone policy is first agenda item and it will be a long discussion at least 30 minutes. Then a design review of the Natel Energy pump equipment which will interest some community members and Councilmembers. The “Sea Salt Process Studies on the USS Hornet” could be heard between 8:30 and 9:30.

The project manager Kelly Wanser just submitted the attached sales pitch regarding community benefits.

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Alameda City Councilmember
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Dear Mayor Ashcraft, Alameda City Council Members and Staff, We are writing to share an overview of proposed exhibit, education and engagement activities for the CAARE program at the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum.

We appreciate the remarkable opportunity that the unique environment of the Hornet and the vibrant community of Alameda offer for engaging many ages and types of people with both historical and new ways of studying the climate and atmosphere.

Kind regards,
Kelly Wanser
Executive Director, SilverLining
Senior Advisor, University of Washington MCB Program
Sarah Doherty
Sr. Research Scientist
Program Director, MCB Program
University of Washington
Alexandra Reeves
CAARE Local Coordinator
SilverLining
CAARE at the USS Hornet
Sea, Air and Space
Museum:

Engagement
Possibilities Overview
June 3, 2024
Alexandra Reeves, CAARE Local Coordinator, SilverLining Kelly Wanser, Executive Director, SilverLining
Sarah Doherty, Program Director, University of Washington MCB Program

Table of Contents
Introduction 2

1. Museum Exhibit 2

2. Educational Experiences and Opportunities 6

3. Field Trips 9

4. Community Engagement Events 11

4. Expert Visits and Workshops 12
1 Introduction
The Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research and Engagement ՄCAAREՅ Facility aboard the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum is a program with two key elements: 1Յ scientific research on the atmosphere and 2 Յ community engagement and education efforts. The CAARE team chose the Hornet as the location for the program due to its unique ability to support both missions.

As a Smithsonian Affiliate with a mission to utilize the USS Hornet and its collections, exhibitions and educational programming to promote awareness and understanding of history, science, technology, and service, the USS Hornet Museum provides an incredible opportunity to engage with students, educators, and community members. For the CAARE effort, it is highly valuable to leverage the Hornet Museum’s highly engaged network of students, educators, youth organizations, visitors, volunteers, and collaborators, and we hope to provide mutual value to their organization through high-quality educational and engagement offerings and the unique opportunity to engage with critical climate research and the world-class scientists who comprise the CAARE team.

The research at the CAARE Facility has also drawn interest from scientists, government officials, Indigenous leaders, youth organizations and members of the public from California and around the world. The unique opportunity to help people engage more directly with advanced climate research with implications for society creates many opportunities for educational experiences and events.

1. Museum Exhibit
The USS Hornet Museum is a spectacular example of an in situ museum experience, where visitors are able to experience the retired aircraft carrier in its original form, augmented and extended by educational exhibits. The CAARE team has deep respect for the Hornet Museum experience and is in the process of crafting a similarly intentioned exhibit, wherein visitors are able to visit the working research elements of the CAARE facility, and engage with educational materials to further their understanding of not only the CAARE research, but of climate change and climate science more broadly. They also can experience what 2 it’s like to be a climate researcher, and engage with the tools and instruments of climate research in a field research setting.

Flight Deck Experiences
The CAARE team developed the beginnings of our Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research and Engagement exhibit around the research installation on the Flight deck, beginning with a panel installation describing the real-world relevance, scientific context, and importance of engagement in these studies. This first panel is seen below, installed on the side of a storage container on the flight deck.

Program Director, Dr. Sarah Doherty, with youth climate leader Joshua Amponsem, in front of the CAARE education panel installed on the Hornet Flight Deck. 3 The CAARE education panel installed on the Hornet Flight Deck.

This panel is the first element of a planned, more extensive exhibit of installations across the Flight Deck, including both large panels and signage on instrument stations and on the Cloud Aerosol Research Instrument ՄCARIՅ explaining:
● the science behind and the purpose of CARI, the Cloud Aerosol Research Instrument at the heart of the CAARE studies;
● the specialized research instruments collecting the study data along the length of the Flight Deck;
● the program’s specialized weather stations distributed throughout the Flight Deck, measuring things such as wind speed, wind direction, and humidity; ● the deep meteorological history of the Hornet, which was an early example of advanced technologies like weather balloons, and how this connects to the research studies of the CAARE program.

These educational supplements will be located at various positions across the Flight Deck, as depicted in the layout shown below. The Flight Deck is the primary focus of our exhibit planning, as it is the site of the CAARE study setup, but unguided programming will also extend into the interior of the ship. 4 The proposed layout of educational and interactive content on the Hornet Flight Deck.

Interactive Science
Moving forward, the CAARE Facility hopes to further extend the exhibit component of the program to include an exhibit container, similar to the existing office container, on the Hornet’s Flight Deck. This would provide an opportunity for all visitors to the Museum to experience, at their own pace, a scaled-down version of the Field Trip and Experiential Learning opportunities we have developed, featuring a single nozzle from the CARI nozzle matrix, an additional TV screen playing the aforementioned videos, handheld particle counters to contextualize the specialized CAARE research instruments, and additional displays further explaining the importance of atmospheric aerosol research in the current climate science landscape.

Hangar Deck Experiences
On the Hangar Deck, where visitors enter the USS Hornet Museum, the CAARE exhibit will include video kiosks for individuals and small groups to select videos and a mini-theater featuring a large-scale screen for groups, with options to play short, high-quality educational videos related to the CAARE studies and climate and atmospheric science:
5 ● A TED Talk by the program’s director, Dr. Sarah Doherty, on the science questions and research being explored at CAARE.
● A video short produced by the American Geophysical Union on the University of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening Program ● In production: A CAARE-produced video with an overview of the scientific research efforts of the CAARE Facility and interactions with visitors ● In production: A video produced in collaboration with the Hornet Museum on the meteorological history of the USS Hornet , climate change and the City of Alameda, and the connections to atmospheric and climate science and the CAARE Facility studies.

The video selection available for visitors to choose from in the Hangar Deck theater.

Other video content and programming will be explored over time. 6 2. Educational Experiences and Opportunities
Just as the CAARE Facility aims to engage in high-quality scientific research, it is also a top priority to engage the community with this research. One of the most exciting ways that this will manifest at the Museum is through Educational Experiences aboard the Hornet, in which students are taught history and science concepts in an interactive and fun manner that dives deeper into certain areas of relevant STEM and history learning.

The CAARE team is fortunate to have the opportunity to build off of the incredible work of the Hornet Museum’s educational team and have developed additional CAARE-related subjects and activities for educators to choose from when they pick programming for their student visits to the ship. Having received organic outreach from teachers wanting to bring their students to the Museum to witness and experience the CAARE facility, we are delighted to launch this component of the CAARE Facility in the fall, when school groups resume visits to the ship.

K՞2 Students:
● As part of the STEM to Stern Junior program, the CAARE Facility will offer “Cool Clouds,” an activity station educating the Museum’s youngest visitors about clouds, sunlight, and sea salt. Students will learn the basics of cloud reflectivity, how sunlight affects temperature, and how clouds are formed over the ocean by particles like sea salt.

This will include an activity
studying how best to reflect a flashlight beam.
● As part of the existing Flight Deck Module, students will be introduced to the CAARE facility, and the role of climate science in the time of the Hornet’s service and now.
3՞8 Students:
● As part of the STEM to Stern Junior program, the CAARE Facility will offer “What’s Up in the Air?,” an activity station designed to familiarize students with the basic concepts of atmospheric aerosols, the differences between greenhouse gas pollution and particulate pollution, and the basic concepts of the CAARE studies.

Students will use handheld particle counters to
simulate the data collection of the specialized CAARE instruments, and to better understand the idea of background aerosol content. Students can 7 learn about science communication as they self-develop a way to present their findings.
● As part of the existing Flight Deck Module, students will be introduced to the CAARE facility, the role of climate science in the time of the Hornet’s service and now, and the importance of sensing and data collection in climate science.

High School Students:
● As part of the STEM to Stern program, the CAARE Facility will offer “Is Your Head in the Clouds?,” an introduction to the CAARE studies and the basic science principles underlying the research. Students will learn about the unique coastal advantages provided by the Bay Area climate, and devise new versions of the CAARE study with modifications to certain variables, learning about research design and the creativity of the scientific process. ● As part of the existing Flight Deck Module, students will be introduced to the CAARE facility, the role of climate science in the time of the Hornet’s service and now, and the importance of sensing and data collection in climate science. Students will use hand-held instruments and compare these with findings from the computer displays showing the more sophisticated instruments’ graphs, in the context of learning more about particulate pollution, and connecting this to California’s wildfires. They will learn the differences between particulate and greenhouse gas pollution, and discover the counterintuitive cooling effects of particulate pollution.

Special Student Events:
● For any student or youth group wanting to learn more about the CAARE Facility, our team will work collaboratively to customize our educational offerings to their needs and interests. For certain events, we are excited to offer interactions with the scientists leading the CAARE Facility, and to offer tours of the CAARE Facility Office, the compressor cabinet, and an up close look at the Cloud Aerosol Research Instrument ՄCARIՅ and associated measurement equipment.

School and Youth Group Outreach Education:
● The CAARE program has already received requests for its scientists to speak in local schools and to local groups including Girls Inc. of the Island 8 City. The CAARE Program is women led and diverse in composition, providing opportunities for representation and engagement that supports sensitivity to a wide array of stakeholders.

Adults:
● Adults are also welcome to engage with the CAARE Facility and the CARI system. This opportunity will focus on the distinction between particulate and greenhouse gas pollution, and their respective cooling and heating effects. Visitors will learn more about climate modeling, and how the CAARE studies aim to contribute to higher-resolution models. This activity will culminate in a discussion about open science, and strategies for discussing climate topics in simple and accurate ways.
● The CAARE team has received requests from local communities ՄWoodstock Homes), Philanthropic Foundations, businesses, Universities and technology groups to arrange guided visits as a group. It has also received requests from international research teams, Indigenous organizations and even a specialty tour company, to arrange group visits. There are many opportunities to support these engagements for local Bay Area groups and interested non-local groups.

3. Field Trips
General Hornet Field Trips
The Hornet operates many field trips for students on school and extracurricular visits. These trips involve multiple stops throughout the USS Hornet including a visit to the Flight Deck. The Flight Deck is a stop on these tours, and as we return to school-focused programming in the fall, a CAARE Facility stop could be rolled into the existing Field Trip stop list. As such, these tours would then include stops for students to:
● Tour the historic Navigation Bridge where the captain commanded ● Learn how aircraft were launched and recovered on the Flight Deck with its catapults and control tower
9 ● Learn how the early analog technology of the Hornet connects to the modern day technology of the CAARE Facility research studies ● Learn how 15 men worked together to fire the big 5-inch guns ● See historic aircraft on the Hangar Deck
● Experience how the crew lived below decks in their own “city” ● Walk on the footprints of the astronauts’ first steps back on earth ● See the Mobile Quarantine Facility used by the Apollo 14 astronauts and an Apollo 11 test capsule.

The flight deck is a beloved part of the Hornet Museum. It is often where school groups choose to eat their lunches and enjoy free time. The CAARE team is thrilled to further enhance this portion of the museum by providing an additional engagement point for students to connect the rich history of the ship with modern science inquiry.

CAARE՞Focused Field Trips
We are also excited to offer CAARE ՞Focused field trips at the Museum, taking advantage of the unique access to the CAARE Exhibit, CAARE Educational Programming, and the CAARE Research Facility. For student groups, extracurricular STEM groups, or any other interested organization, field trip content will be tailored by age group along the lines of the prior descriptions. In general, these tours will include:
● A video introduction to the CAARE Facility and its climate and atmospheric science, featuring CAARE team members in addition to youth climate leaders, discussing the science problem at hand, the research conducted at CAARE, and the importance of engagement with students, community members, and the public in the scientific process.
● A visit to the USS Hornet’s island, the ship’s large turret, where students will learn about the aircraft carrier’s historic connection to weather technology and meteorology. This stop on the trip will expose students to the impressive analog instruments that were used on the Hornet during her service, and their role in contributing to the development of weather technologies that we enjoy today.
10 ● This stop will then transition to the Flight Deck of the ship, where students will learn more about the coastal aerosol studies taking place at the museum. This part of the tour will begin with a look at the CAARE Facility’s weather stations, and how these exist as an evolution of the Hornet’s weather sensing capabilities.
● After a familiarization with the research set-up on the Flight Deck, students will have the opportunity to take this research into their own hands. With handheld particle counters, the students will have the opportunity to measure the background aerosol present in the Bay air, and to understand how this relates to the very similar use of the Cloud Aerosol Research Instrument and its complementary, specialized measurement instruments.

Students will also have an activity opportunity to map the data that they can see on paper, and to compare this to monitor screens showing the data collected from the advanced sensing instruments.
●
Where it is possible to include demonstration of the CARI instrument, students can use their handheld instruments to experience being part of a scientific research study, seeing the generation of salt-spray, measuring particles and viewing the changes in the measurements on the instruments screens, with interactive dialogue on what the measurements — and the science — are saying.
● The tour will conclude with a contextualization of this research in the climate science space, and a brief video that conveys the exciting careers available in climate science research, and the importance and optimism of such a career in the face of our changing climate.
● All of these special tours will be led by docents specially trained in the CAARE Effort and the basic science that underlies the CAARE Facility research in addition to the rich history of the USS Hornet as a meteorological facility.
● For special programming events, these tours will be led in part by, and concluded by, a talk with the scientists that work on these studies. ○ One example of a key priority group for the CAARE team is young women interested in STEM. The CAARE effort is led by women, and in that vein, some of the first experiences that we are working to arrange are with Girls Inc. of the Island City and with the Hornet Museum’s Women in STEM events.
11 Two particle sensing instruments to be used for student and engagement activities at the CAARE Facility.

4. Community Engagement Events
The CAARE Facility is delighted to operate within the engaged communities of the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space museum and the broader City of Alameda. While climate science, climate research, and climate interventions can be polarizing topics, the CAARE team values the opportunity to collaborate with the local community to engage in learning and dialogue with one another, alongside CAARE leadership, visiting scientists, and global climate leaders.

The USS Hornet Museum offers a special opportunity for events big and small — the ship can comfortably host an intimate dialogue with ten people, or a lecture series seating hundreds. The CAARE team is excited to collaborate with local organizations, alongside the City leadership, to determine what events are of interest and value to the local community — from parent/child activity days, to panel discussions with visiting experts, to climate science career events.

The CAARE team understands that engagement and dialogue is crucial to the human side of the studies being undertaken, and to climate science more broadly.

We hope that the Alameda community will see this facility as a foundation to explore, educate, and discuss these important and challenging issues.

Proposed events include:
12 ● July 2024ր CAARE Exhibit Grand Opening — coinciding with the Hornet’s Celebration of the Apollo Splashdown, an official opening of the CAARE Exhibit recognizing city leaders and their team and including a cross section of community members, supporters and climate science stakeholders. ● September 2024ր Climate Resiliency Dialogue — this will be a convening of local and global experts to discuss relevant topics in climate resiliency research and policy at the local and global level. With a dialogue for adults and science activity for children, this event will be open to all community members and focus on the context of Alameda’s resiliency efforts while maintaining a view to similar conversations globally.

CAARE team members speaking at the 2024 Woodstock Homes Earth Day Fest.

5. Expert Visits and Workshops
The CAARE Facility is a very unique platform globally. There are very few real-world research studies on this crucial topic in climate science: cloud aerosol 13 interactions. Equally importantly, no similar projects operate in an open, publicly accessible format that encourages public participation and engagement.

This facility was designed with transparency and collaboration at its core, and this means exposing the facility to global experts in science and engagement beyond the core CAARE team. We are excited, throughout the lifespan of the CAARE Facility, to host global experts, government agencies, youth climate leaders, Indigenous Peoples, emerging career researchers, and more, at the Museum. Not only do we know that they will add value to our research, but we hope to offer useful and innovative programming to further this field of research both globally and domestically.

This will also be a unique opportunity for the Alameda community to engage with these stakeholders. Those experts who we have spoken to about the CAARE efforts are deeply impressed by the open nature of this science, and hope to connect meaningfully with the local community when they visit the CAARE Facility.

Proposed events include:
● November 2024ր Global Young Leaders Workshop — coinciding with the Hornet’s youth science fair, bringing together young climate leaders from different parts of the world to engage with the CAARE Facility and CAARE scientists together with local youth.
● Fall 2024ր Atmospheric science workshop — convening scientific research experts from leading institutions and government agencies in the US and other countries to engage with studies and meet on atmospheric science. 14 From: Audrey Chan
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: Nicole Miller
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Pu lic Comment for 24 0 04 City Council Meeting tem 7-B n Favor of Granting Landlord Consent for Small-Scale Atmospheri c Sea Salt Process Studies on the .S.S. ornet
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:24:33 AM
Attachments: Pu lic Comment 24-0 -04 tem 7-B n Support of Granting Consent.pdf Dear Alameda City Council,
I would like to submit the following public comment regarding Item 7-B on the June 4th 2024 City Council Meeting the Small- Scale Atmospheric Sea Salt Process Study on the U.S.S. Hornet. I am in favor of granting consent for the continuation of the University of Washington’s Cloud Brightening Study and would like to submit my reasoning for believing so. The text of my argument follows and is attached as a PDF.

The Cloud Brightening Study and its recent halting have come to my attention as I volunteer aboard the U.S.S. Hornet Museum— of course my views are entirely my own and not representative of the views of the museum. I help with the ongoing restoration of the ship and have been starting up a citizen science plankton observation project. As a certified California Naturalist I have an interest in research into climate change mitigation. This is why the Cloud Brightening study caught my eye and why I was dismayed to hear it had been halted over pressure cynically engineered by special interest groups.

I would like to address the claims of the lobbying group CIEL which according to the San Francisco Chronicle [1] is one party advocating for stopping the study. I will be referring to their arguments presented in both their general statement about cloud brightening [2] and their specific statement about the Cloud Brightening Study on the U.S.S. Hornet [3].

First I would like to note that in neither of these statements do they even attempt to argue that there is any danger posed by the Cloud Brightening Study itself. As evidenced by the reports commissioned by the Council the Cloud Brightening Study poses no health hazard to either human visitors and workers at the U.S.S. Hornet Museum or to the wildlife community surrounding it. No one involved in this discussion that I can find has been able to produce an actual negative impact this study would have. This is for good reason as the mechanism used in the study is the same mechanism that produces clouds and sea fog, two things you should already expect in Alameda.

The only argument CIEL is able to provide against the Study is that to study Cloud Brightening would be to legitimize it as an idea. The argument that some knowledge should be suppressed because it is a priori dangerous is an extremely regressive and toxic position. Such sentiments would be more at home in the 17th century protesting Galileo’s research into heliocentrism.

I suggest that the strong evidence for the safety of the Study is sufficient reason to allow it to continue. The furtherance of scientific understanding—especially on a subject as critical as climate change—should not be halted because some groups find ignorance preferable to knowledge that does not fit their ideology.

In a rhetorical trick, the bulk of CIEL’s statement regarding the Study [3] actually argues against the concept of Cloud Brightening as a whole. As established before this is not material to the case for whether this specific study should continue or not. In the following I will also demonstrate these arguments are also hollow in and of themselves. CIEL has two main points as laid out in their section “The Risks of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection” [2]. First that the impact of a deployed Cloud Brightening solution is entirely unknown and would commit us to continuing to use Cloud Brightening at the risk of temperatures rising again as soon as we stopped (known as ‘termination shock’). The second is that research into methods for mitigating climate change constitute a “moral hazard” whereby they distract from the preferred solution, reducing carbon emissions.

In addressing the first point I would like to begin by pointing out that claiming that Cloud Brightening could cause ‘termination shock’ necessarily claims that Cloud Brightening would work. There would be no issue in ending a Cloud Brightening effort if it didn’t work to reduce climate change in the first place. Their argument therefore requires there to be a large cost to implementing Cloud Brightening which they point to by vaguely referring to “injections of chemicals into the stratosphere”. This is of course an egregious misrepresentation given what we have already established, that this research is investigating producing completely natural salt spray. Their claim is true only in that water and salt are indeed chemicals. This argument is tantamount to saying that you shouldn’t quit smoking as you would then run the risk of hurting your lungs if you ever start smoking again.

My second rebuttal to this argument is that we do in fact know what the impacts of a Cloud Brightening program would be and we are currently undergoing a termination shock as a result of ending it. In 2020 the limits to the sulfur content of cargo ship fuel was drastically reduced [4]. This was a major environmental win. Sulfur oxide compounds from ship exhaust were hazardous to wildlife and human life—predominantly among disadvantaged coastal communities in the global south where many lives have been saved by the ban[5]. However it turns out that sulfur dioxide is a substance especially conducive to cloud formation and for decades we have been artificially creating extra cloud cover in the oceans. Thus, after the ban, there has been a well documented reduction in ocean cloud cover and a marked increase in temperatures [6][7][8][9]. That is to say, before 2020 we were creating extra cloud cover in the ocean from our ships. After 2020 as a result of new fuel regulations and pandemic shipping slowdowns we drastically reduced cloud cover over the ocean. This caused a termination shock resulting in increased temperatures. What we should not do is reverse our policy and start pumping sulfur oxides back into the air. Rather we should look into ways for ships to generate cloud cover without toxic exhaust, using the same particles ocean clouds are already made with to capture the known benefits of increased ocean cloud cover that have been demonstrated safely for decades.

Finally I would like to address the moral hazard argument. CIEL maintains there is only one solution to climate change, decarbonization, and views all other strategies as a distraction to that solution. This is at best an extremely misguided and myopic view that thoroughly underestimates the depth of the climate crisis. They are mistaking a method of fighting climate change for a terminal goal in and of itself. The goal is not to reduce carbon output. The goal is to halt the rise in global temperatures. Decarbonization is necessary for doing so, but may not be sufficient. 1.5C is already lost [10] and we are likely to greatly exceed that target. In a profound emergency you should explore every possible solution. A diverse range of strategies should be explored because you do not know beforehand what combination of techniques will be needed in the end and you should arm yourself with all the options. It’s short sighted to tie yourself to one true answer and blind yourself to any other options. It’s suicidal to attempt to blind others as well. [1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/alameda-geoengineering-environmental-19487181.php [2] https://www.ciel.org/issue/geoengineering/
[3] https://www.ciel.org/news/environmental-groups-urge-alameda-council-to-reject-risky-geoengineering-experiment/ [4] https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/Sulphur-2020.aspx [5]
https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Documents/Finland%20study%20on%20health%20benefits.pdf [6] https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-low-sulphur-shipping-rules-are-affecting-global-warming/ [7] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01442-3
[8] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ironic-side-effects-rapid-global-energy-transition-maguire-2023-03-10/ [9] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cleaner-shipping-fuel-is-contributing-ocean-warming-scientists-say-2024- 05-31/
[10] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature
 





 




 











 






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From: Buc Farmer-Gregory
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Resident comment on item 7-B for the June 4th agenda Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 8:21:2 AM
To the esteemed Mayor Ashcrraft and members of the City Council:

My name is Buck Farmer-Gregory, and my husband and I have called Alameda our home for many years. We hope also that our children and grandchildren will call it home in future years, and that they will come to know this place, its rich culture, welcoming community, and natural beauty in the decades to come.

As Alamedans, we are very aware of how blessed our natural environment is, how vulnerable that environment is to the effects of climate change, and that addressing climate change cannot be merely a local effort but requires diverse and global solutions. We hope to inculcate in our children an appreciation not only of the importance of this global perspective but a deep trust in scientific inquiry and education as a way of understanding how we relate to and can help our local community and our global community.

The U.S.S. Hornet has been a wonderful resource for me and my family to connect with and be educated by our history, to be exposed to the natural beauty of Alameda and the Bay Area (just look at the views from the deck ), and to connect with the community through events.

The research project under discussion (CAARE) adds an active engagement point for families like mine not only to learn about how we can address climate change, but also give us a sense of ownership and hope that we are contributing and can take part in its solutions.

Thank you for your years of commitment to making Alameda part of the solution to global climate change. Myself and my family are proud to say that as Alamedans we are doing our part. I urge you to continue to support this research initiative and similar research and educational programs.

Your neighbor,
Buck Farmer-Gregory
1165 Broadway
Apt. A
Alameda, CA 94501
From: Theo Therone
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Support for Agenda tem 7-B 2024-40 3 -- grant consent for sea salt study Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:00:12 PM
Hi Lara,
I realized after sending my letter that it contained a typo. I know you have a deadline for preparing the meeting record, but if you are still able to swap out the old copy for this corrected version, I'd really appreciate your kindness
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As a long-time Alameda homeowner, I am asking the Council to authorize the City Manager to grant Landlord Consent to resume Small-Scale Atmospheric Sea Salt Process Studies on the U.S.S. Hornet. (Base Reuse and Economic Development 29061822).

Science is exciting, and atmospheric research aligns particularly well with Alameda s climate action objectives.

Back in 2015, local news outlets applauded our city s embrace of science, writing: “Green energy projects are a good match for Alameda s eco-minded culture and inventive spirit” https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/06/16/how-google-turned-alameda-into-a-mad-science-laboratory/ . Sadly, that eco-minded inventiveness is now overshadowed by headlines suggesting a conspiracy of supposedly nefarious tests being kept “secret” from our citizens https://www.eenews.net/articles/geoengineering-test-launched-with-salt-flecks- and-secrecy/.

This type of journalism injects fear. Let s not risk having the island s spirit deflated by it.

Folks with little research experience are sometimes manipulated to conflate science with politics, producing undue controversy. I suggest our community should lean into education to stop panicky reactions to responsible experimentation. I was happy to see the CAARE team sharing knowledge about marine cloud brightening at the 6/1/24 Alameda Point Open House. Perhaps the city could offer educational insights into other intriguing investigations happening on the island.

Education might counter some of the disingenuous messaging coming from groups like Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Center for International Environmental Law, who promote a binary between saying “no to geoengineering and yes to a healthy planet” https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/alameda-geoengineering-environmental-19487181.php utm_content cta&sid 63fbe14fb16a58d4bd0255df&ss A&st_rid null&utm_source newsletter&utm_medium email&utm_term headlines&utm_campaign sf c_morningfix. Theirs is a false logic, since we already do not ha e a healthy planet . Our real choice involves balancing the increasing dangers of climate change, against the unknowns of geoengineering and other potential mitigation strategies. Research is the only road to discovering that balance.

I am a scientist who has worked with several Alameda startups I value patient, thorough research. I do not know if marine brightening will “work,” but that is the point of investigating. I do know that if we shove away the idea out of fear (or a too-fierce clutch on “transparency”), we will also los e the opportunity to explore possible adverse effects.

Later, if other climate modification attempts fail, desperate last-ditch efforts might be made to dust off these and other untested ideas for immediate use, despite being blind to their consequences.

Serious research now is necessary to help us discover which climate tools are indeed the best solutions. Scientists have the curiosity to ask the right questions, and the tenacity to answer them by compiling solid data. Let them do their work without manufactured crises over a clerical error that was quickly corrected by the Hornet and the city. Please grant Landlord Consent to resume the sea-salt spray studies on the U.S.S. Hornet.

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 4:13 PM Lara Weisiger <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,
Your email will be included in the meeting record.

Respectfully,
Lara
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
From: Theo Therone <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:04 PM
To: CityCouncil-List <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Support for Agenda Item 7-B 2024-4063 -- grant consent for sea salt study As a long-time Alameda homeowner, I am asking the Council to authorize the City Manager to grant Landlord Consent to resume Small-Scale Atmospheric Sea Salt Process Studies on the U.S.S. Hornet. (Base Reuse and Economic Development 29061822).

Science is exciting, and atmospheric research aligns particularly well with Alameda s climate action objectives.

Back in 2015, local news outlets applauded our city s embrace of science, writing: “Green energy projects are a good match for Alameda s eco-minded culture and inventive spirit” https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/06/16/how-google-turned-alameda-into-a-mad-science-laboratory/ . Sadly, that eco-minded inventiveness is now overshadowed by headlines suggesting a conspiracy of supposedly nefarious tests being kept “secret” from our citizens https://www.eenews.net/articles/geoengineering-test-launched-with-salt-flecks-and-secrecy/.

This type of journalism injects fear. Let s not risk having the island s spirit deflated by it.

Folks with little research experience are sometimes manipulated to conflate science with politics, producing undue controversy. I suggest our community should lean into education to stop panicky reactions to responsible experimentation. I was happy to see the CAARE team sharing knowledge about marine cloud brightening at the 6/1/24 Alameda Point Open House. Perhaps the city could offer educational insights into other intriguing investigations happening on the island.

Education might counter some of the disingenuous messaging coming from groups like Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Center for International Environmental Law, who promote a binary between saying “no to geoengineering and yes to a health planet” https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/alameda-geoengineering-environmental-19487181.php utm_content cta&sid 63fbe14fb16a58d4bd0255df&ss A&st_rid null&utm_source newsletter&utm_medium email&utm_term headlines&utm_campaign sfc_morningfix.Theirs is a false logic, since we already do not ha e a healthy planet . Our real choice involves balancing the increasing dangers of climate change, against the unknowns of geoengineering and other potential mitigation strategies. Research is the only road to discovering that balance.

I am a scientist who has worked with several Alameda startups I value patient, thorough research. I do not know if marine brightening will “work,” but that is the point of investigating. I do know that if we shove away the idea out of fear (or a too-fierce clutch on “transparency”), we will also lose the opportunity to explore possible adverse effects. Later, if other climate modification attempts fail, desperate last-ditch efforts might be made to dust off these and other untested ideas for immediate use, despite being blind to their consequences.

Serious research now is necessary to help us discover which climate tools are indeed the best solutions. Scientists have the curiosity to ask the right questions, and the tenacity to answer them by compiling solid data. Let them do their work without manufactured crises over a clerical error that was quickly corrected by the Hornet and the city. Please grant Landlord Consent to resume the sea-salt spray studies on the U.S.S. Hornet.

From: Michael Clive
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Supporting research, agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 9:40:00 PM
Hello,
My name is Michael Clive, resident of Castro alley, and former director of engineering at a clean tech research facility. It is my understanding that there is concern about some basic research being conducted in Alameda. The economy of the entire region is based on the scientific method, research, and experimentation. The specifics of this research work is critical to our ability to understand some of the mechanics of climate change. As a father of two daughters, I want to make sure they can live in a world where scientists, engineers and anyone who is curious is free to conduct whatever experimentation that they are interested in.

I am currently recovering from an appendectomy, a routine surgery that saves 4.5 of all people's lives. This type of life saving surgery wouldn't have been possible without people having the freedom to learn, to explore. I want the Marine Cloud Brightening Experiment to continue, so we can understand the world better.

From: Kelly Wanser
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: Tony Daysog; Tracy Jensen; Trish Spencer; Malia ella ; Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft Subject: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: CAARE Facility Research Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 :55:05 PM
Attachments: Sarah J. Doherty ow aerosols righten clouds and cool the planet TED Tal .pdf Dear Mayor Ashcraft and City Council Members,
o support your consideration of the research at the CAARE acility on the USS Hornet, and to assist with some of the questions that have been raised, enclosed and below are a description and link to a ED alk by Program Director Sarah Doherty, https www.ted.com talks sarah doherty how aerosols brighten clouds and cool the plane t language en
Kind regards,
Kelly Wanser
Executive Director, SilverLining
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From: Kate Murphy
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 :27:35 PM
Hello,
I'm writing to express my support for agenda item 7-B (atmospheric sea salt process studies on the USS Hornet). I have personally known the team behind the project--and spent some time working on the project myself--for the past 5 years. Their motivations for the test are purely scientific and they have opposed deployment or commercial development of solar radiation modification (SRM) of any type. They believe that the research must be done now in order for leaders of the future to make better decisions about whether or not to use these technologies.

With the failure of humanity to reduce emissions at a suitable rate, it is looking more and more likely that we will need SRM to prevent the worst effects of climate change. The need for this research is urgent and should be approved without delay.

Thank you,
Kate Murphy
1401 Park Ave
Emeryville, CA
From: Patric La ictoire
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: E pert letter of support for Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research facility
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 5:11:21 PM
Dear Members of the Alameda City Council,
I am writing to express my strong support for the CAARE group's scientific project to study marine cloud brightening research on the USS Hornet. Even as we work to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, in order to avert the worst of climate change we will need to remove and/or compensate for the emissions already in the atmosphere. Learning about how to do this most effectively, with the fewest side effects, is essential for limiting the harm caused by climate change. I am proud to have a project with such great potential benefit to the environment and to humanity, thoroughly vetted for safety, take place in my backyard.

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,
Patrick La ictoire
Oakland resident, Bay Area resident for 15 years, UC Berkeley alum From: Leigh Graner
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: Letter of support for Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research facility
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:58:32 PM
Dear Alameda City Council Members,
I'm writing to express my enthusiastic support for the CAARE group's marine cloud brightening research on the USS Hornet. This promising research has the potential to protect our families from the harsh effects of climate change. By enhancing our understanding of climate mitigation techniques, we can create strategies that safeguard our communities and secure a safer future for our children and grandchildren.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Leigh Graner (she/they)
From: To in Fric e
To: CityCouncil-List
Cc: Jennifer Ott; Allen Tai; Brian McGuire
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: E pert letter of support for Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research facility
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:57:31 PM
Dear Councilmembers,
I recently sent a letter expressing my support for expansion of Natel's hydraulic loop testing facility. For the same reasons, I strongly support the University of Washington Cloud Brightening experiment on the USS Hornet. This is harmless, university-supported research into cloud production which could have enormous positive returns in the future. We should let the scientists continue with this research with a minimum of hassle. Alameda, being very near sea level, has a vested interest in this kind of work. And our hospitality towards this sort of research will make Alameda a center of innovative climate and technological research and employment.
thank you
Tobin Fricke
2207 San Jose Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
From: Anna Reinert
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting - Letter of Support Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:45:50 PM
Dear Mayor Ashcraft and Alameda City Council,
am a California resident, mother of three young children, and a practicing B , writing to express my support of the research proposed on the USS Hornet. n my practice, rely on evidence based guidelines and recommendations to best care for my patients. hese guidelines are formulated and updated regularly by committees of physicians that are specialists in the field, on the basis of the best available scientific research and clinical trials testing the latest hypotheses, medications, and surgical techniques. Without this commitment to science based practices, clinicians such as myself would have no way of knowing whether our efforts in the healthcare setting actually result in the effective care of our patients.

As a mother of three who will inherit the environment we give them, am concerned about the potential dangers they will face dangers that are being faced today by families that are not as fortunate to live in a climate as nice as ours in coastal California. ust this week, read stories about record heat in ndia and Mexico
causing hardship and death that, as is always the case, fall most heavily on the most underserved and undeserving. As write this, our own state issued a dangerous heat advisory for the Central alley, where some of our poorest communities live alongside our most important agricultural regions.

Whatever the world looks like in the future, want my children to benefit the same way my patients do from practitioners and policymakers armed with the best possible scientific understanding of the ways to keep them safe and healthy. t is the height of insanity for us to deny our children the knowledge they need to understand their options and make informed decisions whether in their medical future, or their climate future.
urge you to allow the experiment in Alameda to continue, and thank you for being a community willing to host such important research.

Regards,
Anna Reinert, MD
Los Angeles, CA
anna.reinert gmail.com
From: Andrew Martinez
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Agenda item 7-B of the June 4th City Council meeting: E pert letter of support for Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research facility.

Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:44:34 PM
Dear Alameda City Council,
My name is Andrew Martinez, school teacher in Vallejo, CA. I am writing to support the continuation of the University of Washington's salt water aerosol science experiment on the USS Hornet. This research is crucial for developing weather models to understand the inputs to climate change.

The USS Hornet Museum plays an essential role in engaging the public, especially children, with science and climate solutions. Supporting this project allows Alameda to continue its legacy of innovation and environmental stewardship.

I urge you to back this important initiative, highlighting Alameda's commitment to a sustainable future.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Andrew Martinez
From: Mitzi Richardson
To: CityCouncil-List
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Letter re: Cloud Brightening for 4 24 council meeting Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:38:21 PM
o Mayor Marilyn E y Ashcraft
cc
ice Mayor ony Daysog
Councilmember racy ensen
Councilmember rish Herrera Spencer
Councilmember Malia ella
Dear Mayor and Council Members,
am an Alameda resident and active member of the
Woodstock Homes community in
Alameda . am writing in support of the proposed climate research effort on the USS Hornet.

As a community member, appreciate local opportunities to learn, to experience new things and to support science and science education in Alameda. As a member of the global community, am very concerned about climate change, and am happy to see new types of research that might help us understand more about how the climate is changing and whether there are additional things to do to slow down warming and prevent the worst things from happening.

Members of our Woodstock Homes community were excited and curious to hear about the climate research on the Hornet, and invited their team to speak at our Earth Day est a little while ago. hey were very receptive to our questions and it was a great opportunity to learn. Many of us are excited to go and see the research on the Hornet, and we hope to come as a group.
he opportunity to see this type of new and important research first hand is valuable to us, and we also think it is valuable for inspiring and educating Alameda s students, drawing people to Alameda s businesses, including the USS Hornet and for engaging the public with this kind of climate research.

We appreciate how careful the City is in protecting our health and the local environment and species. We are glad that you have found that this pro ect is a safe one. We hope that you will approve the pro ect at the upcoming meeting so that we can all learn more.

Sincerely,
Mit i Richardson
Main Street
Alameda, CA
From: Miller, Matthew
To: CityCouncil-List; Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; Tony Daysog; Tracy Jensen; Trish Spencer; Malia ella Subject: [EXTERNAL] E hortation to Approve W Marine Cloud Brightening Research Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:30:07 PM
To the Alameda City Council,
My name is Matthew Miller and I am a resident physician in Massachusetts as well as an alumnus of the Earth and Planetary Sciences department at Harvard University, where I first had the chance to study the concept of geoengineering some years ago. While I am not a citizen of your fine city, I am a young person with a background in atmospheric science and human health who hopes to see all possible efforts to combat climate change pursued. And, although I am on the opposite coast of Alameda, I feel compelled to urge you to approve the Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) work currently being performed in your jurisdiction by the University of Washington. My points are as follows:

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It is no secret that global emissions have continued to soar despite nearly four decades since Dr. James Hansen first testified to Congress about the dangers of global warming. We are unfortunately far off of our emissions targets as a species and, what is more, warming will not cease even once we reach net zero. Although skeptics of geoengineering approaches say that the only way to stop climate change is to stop emitting fossil fuels, this is simply not true. We are at a point in which interventional thinking is a true necessity for environmental conservation. Your city has the chance to do something truly great for the world, and I implore you not to stand in the way of a technology that could help to preserve the climate that sustains us.
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now with your own city's assessment that the MCB experiments pose no risk to human health.

As a physician, I can tell you that this squares away with my understanding of human health as well. Furthermore, the arguments against MCB which state that greater amounts of ambient salts will corrode infrastructure are massively overstated given that a. UW's experiments are small in scale and b. Future MCB deployments are likely to be ocean-based and well away from large population centers.
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against MCB and related work argue that simply researching this topic is too dangerous to consider. As somebody who has conducted extensive scientific research in his life, I find this thinking to be nothing short of preposterous. We do not advance as a civilization and come up with solutions to vital problems by putting on blinders. Given the strong likelihood that geoengineering technologies will one day be deployed, this type of research is crucial in order to ensure that decisions on its use are well-informed. I would also like to point out that recent scholarship in this area, including some of the most esteemed journals in Earth science, suggests that MCB may be more effective in global cooling than previously thought (see link here
). Similar work on the recent rapid heating of the North Atlantic (see here) strongly suggests this as well.

Arguments against the mere possibility of researching this topic amount to willfully burying one's head in the sand, much in the same way that some in our society shamefully argue for the banning of dangerous literature. The situation also reminds me of arguments around genetic engineering following the discovery of DNA--many felt that the possibility of tinkering with the building blocks of life was akin to playing God, yet without these very efforts, we would not have many of the modern cures that have helped to advance human health in recent decades (eg the CO ID 19 vaccines).

Opponents of research are enemies of knowledge, plain and simple. They are not to be heeded, no matter how strident they may be. I encourage you to not be bullied by such voices. And I might add, many of the most serious members of the Earth science community are now increasingly against them. Just see this recent article articulating the likely need for
geoengineering by Dr. James Hansen--the same scientist that I mentioned above who first brought global warming to America's attention.
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I truly believe that your decision at the City
Council meeting tomorrow may be remembered as a crucial moment in the fight against global warming. It may very well be a watershed moment in the grand history of our fight against climate change. Will our species take agency over this problem with well-researched methods and transparent science Or will we bury our heads in the sand and despair I hope that you will all choose to be brave and to do the right thing, to let our species' pursuit of knowledge flourish and to reject those voices who claim without reason that some things are too dangerous to know. Please, for the sake of my generation and those who follow, approve the continuation of this crucial research.

Thank you,
Matthew Miller, MD
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From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:12 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Linda S <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Linda S
272 Linden Ln
San Rafael, CA 94901-1344
(155) 555-5556
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:03 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Audrey Higbee <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Audrey Higbee
643 Molino Ave
Long Beach, CA 90814-1246
(413) 530-7253
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:52 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lindsey Kalfsbeek <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Lindsey Kalfsbeek
101 Terranova Dr
Antioch, CA 94509-5529
(925) 813-9994
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Celeste Hong <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Celeste Hong
4758 Cromwell Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1144
(323) 913-2613
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Karsten Mueller <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Karsten Mueller
50 uail Xing
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-1766
(831) 427-9168
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:28 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carlos Nunez <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Carlos Nunez
18009 ictory Blvd
Reseda, CA 91335-6421
(213) 308-0024
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:20 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Barlow <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Scott Barlow
1533 Orillia Ct
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-4456
(408) 736-2322
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:13 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lavinia Turner <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lavinia Turner
1175 Girard St
San Francisco, CA 94134-2111
(415) 769-5544
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:04:13 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jan Salas <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jan Salas
610 14th Ave
Apt 6
Santa Cruz, CA 95062-4069
(831) 515-7868
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:03:57 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Julie Smith <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Julie Smith
1048 Bay Oaks Dr
Los Osos, CA 93402-4006
(805) 748-6355
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:03:48 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dawna Dorcas-Werner <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dawna Dorcas-Werner
36913 Chagall Rd
Yucaipa, CA 92399-9758
(909) 899-6654
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:03:40 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Eric Carlson <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Eric Carlson
13 Mission Plaza Dr
entura, CA 93001-2672
(805) 698-4874
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:03:31 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gabriel Sheets <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Gabriel Sheets
4955 Yaqui Gulch Rd
Mariposa, CA 95338-9421
(209) 276-8092
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:03:22 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Teri Forester <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Teri Forester
7808 Auburn Woods Dr
Citrus Heights, CA 95610-0672
(916) 729-8139
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:03:10 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Schaechtel <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. David Schaechtel
PO Box 3203
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-3203
(555) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:02:55 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donald Betts <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Donald Betts
3621 ista Campana S Unit 4
Oceanside, CA 92057-8203
(760) 433-2059
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Marine geoengineering is too ris y for CA Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:02:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Johanna Abate <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Marine geoengineering is too risky for CA To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Johanna Abate
1650 Caifornia St.
9 San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 885-2670
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:29:38 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tammy Bullock <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Tammy Bullock
1212 H St Spc 80
Ramona, CA 92065-2876
(760) 239-8299
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:29:29 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bret Polish <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Bret Polish
1811 Topham
Los Angeles, CA 91335
(818) 517-0666
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:29:21 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: kathleen fernandez <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. kathleen fernandez
5615 ia De Campo
Yorba Linda, CA 92887-4917
(714) 309-2576
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:29:07 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Katarine uintana <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Katarine uintana
15345 Kingsbury Cir
Grass alley, CA 95949-6592
(415) 547-9555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Michael 'Mike' Henderson <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. James Michael 'Mike' Henderson
55 Broad St Apt 252
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-1769
(858) 271-1385
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:49 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sylvia De Baca <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Sylvia De Baca
718 ia Los Santos
San Dimas, CA 91773-3151
(909) 599-6340
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:41 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Seren Bradshaw <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Seren Bradshaw
118 Greenwood S
Westwood, CA 96137
(530) 256-1111
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Sarabia <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Michael Sarabia
407 W Longview Ave
Stockton, CA 95207-5147
(209) 423-5098
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Please OTE NO on the proposed geoengineering pro ect Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:24 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marion Morgan <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please OTE NO on the proposed geoengineering project To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I was appalled to learn about the proposed geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area to test marine cloud brightening, which the city council plans to discuss on 4 June. I am urging you strongly to OPPOSE and vote AGAINST this project from being allowed to go forward.

These types of experiments are irresponsible in the extreme. As members of the council, you have a duty to protect the people, animals, and plants impacted by such projects. The effects of the so-called marine cloud brightening process would not be fully known until they have already occurred, when it is too late to reverse them.

Moreover, deploying marine cloud brightening at scale would not reverse the climate crisis but instead create different and potentially worse climate problems -- for example, by increasing droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in greater and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities. The hubris of even contemplating such a project shows the complete lack of understanding and appreciation governments and technological entities have of complex systems.

This decision will not just affect Alameda, but will have far-reaching consequences, since going ahead could help to legitimize this highly speculative and harmful technology. Everyone on the planet could be affected by large-scale deployment.

You may already know that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering (see the statement here https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/) and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.

As a highly concerned Californian and a potential victim of the results of this project, I strongly urge you to fulfill your duty to protect those you represent and do everything in your power to stop this insane experiment.

Sincerely,
Ms. Marion Morgan
5501 Lake Ridge Rd
Ukiah, CA 95482-9552
(773) 480-5771
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:15 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Phoenix Giffen <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Phoenix Giffen
115 Bodega Ave
Petaluma, CA 94952-2654
(502) 939-2205
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:28:0 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Bowman <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Jason Bowman
4361 Turnbridge Dr
Sacramento, CA 95823-1931
(916) 812-7622
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Douglas Laxier <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Scott Douglas Laxier
540 uail Run Ct
Del Rey Oaks, CA 93940-5727
(831) 521-4062
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:50 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shalomar Loving <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Shalomar Loving
PO Box 926
Running Springs, CA 92382-0926
(909) 838-8680
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] PLEASE Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Judith Smith <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] PLEASE Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Judith Smith
2712 Grande ista Ave
Oakland, CA 94601-1320
(510) 914-0870
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jim Perry <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of people's human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far-reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology, and everyone on the planet could be affected by large-scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

It's a short-sighted plan. No to it.

Sincerely,
Mr. Jim Perry
850 Russell Ave Apt O4
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2169
(707) 757-3128
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:25 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: vivian blackstone <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. vivian blackstone
12070 Callado Rd
San Diego, CA 92128-2646
(619) 920-7065
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:17 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dennis Trembly <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Dennis Trembly
27616 Longhill Dr
Rancho Palos erdes, CA 90275-3715
(213) 713-2277
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:27:07 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lacey Hicks <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lacey Hicks
4463 Hyde Cmn
Fremont, CA 94538-5434
(619) 410-8181
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :5 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Susan Gill <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Susan Gill
15006 Skaith Bend Rd
Nevada City, CA 95959-8727
(415) 306-2869
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :44 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Lyons <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:18 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. David Lyons
460 Annahy Dr
Fortuna, CA 95540-9784
(707) 616-5485
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :3 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Barbara Schlitz <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Barbara Schlitz
1596 Molitor Rd
Belmont, CA 94002-3714
(650) 245-0656
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :28 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sharon Nicodemus <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Sharon Nicodemus
2710 Danube Dr
Sacramento, CA 95821-5642
(916) 488-1946
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :18 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lonnie Gordon <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I have been taking photos and videos for years of this geoengineering issue. I live in southern California and this takes place all ver the world. I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lonnie Gordon
6804 Las Olas Way
Malibu, CA 90265-4140
(310) 457-2725
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :09 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bonnie Arbuckle <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Bonnie Arbuckle
2118 Goldstone Way
Riverbank, CA 95367-9608
(209) 501-0000
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:2 :00 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: JULIE FORD <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. JULIE FORD
1461 Pelham Rd Unit 132i
Seal Beach, CA 90740-4072
(562) 296-8799
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:25:50 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ann Stratten <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Ann Stratten
3751 ia Picante
La Mesa, CA 91941-7325
(619) 303-8007
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:0 :54 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom Nulty Jr <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Tom Nulty Jr
24552 Paseo De alencia Unit B520
Laguna Hills, CA 92653-7274
(949) 488-3780
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:0 :44 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Thornhill <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Robert Thornhill
13586 SE Nightingale Ave
Happy alley, OR 97015-7703
(323) 270-2022
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:0 :34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: susie tortell <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. susie tortell
2210 3rd St
Santa Monica, CA 90405-3430
(310) 314-3909
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:0 :22 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kay Schaser <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Kay Schaser
2777 Oneil Ln
Eureka, CA 95503-4859
(707) 443-5323
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] don t run la e periment on our planet: vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:0 :11 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: alice nguyen <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] don't run lab experiment on our planet: vote NO on marine geoengineering
To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
Please vote to stop the highly risky cloud brightening geoengineering experiment scheduled for discussion on the June 4 meeting agenda.

This uncontrolled and uncontrollable experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Geoengineering projects such as Marine Cloud Brightening use the earth & the atmosphere as live a guinea pig and are therefore unpredictable, uncontrollable, and irreversible. Such experiments are irresponsible, bringing a host of new and unpredictable environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ We already have safe, proven, clean solutions to the climate crisis:
keep fossil fuels in the ground and replace oil/gas/coal with clean renewable energy. The technical challenges to replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy are not lacking it is political will that is lacking.

Please consider the dangers of wider, irreversible and unpredictable consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4.

Please act responsibly for the planet and future generations: reject the Marine Cloud Brightening proposal and adhere to the global moratorium on geoengineering.

Sincerely,
Ms. alice nguyen
san jose
san jose, CA 95136
(777) 888-7777
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:0 :02 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Delinke Freed <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

We do not know what harms, what unintended consequences will be unleashed. Once Pandora's box is open, it cannot be closed. We must be mindful of this.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Delinke Freed
6460 Jacaranda St
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-2832
(707) 586-2502
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:05:48 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Erin Garcia <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:51 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Erin Garcia
1643 Colby Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90025-3043
(310) 312-2917
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:05:40 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gabriel Graubner <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:51 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Gabriel Graubner
260 California Dr
Yountville, CA 94599-1412
(707) 538-1212
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:05:30 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gregory Fite <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:51 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Gregory Fite
1751 Kudu Ct
Hayward, CA 94541-4328
(510) 303-3017
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:05:21 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pamela Gibberman <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Pamela Gibberman
9209 Kester Ave
Panorama City, CA 91402-1215
(818) 893-9020
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:05:12 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Karen Jacques <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June. I do not believe that this kind of response to climate change is safe for the reasons described below and I'm alarmed by the harm this ill conceived experiment could lead to. We need to be reducing greenhouse gases, not conducting dangerous experiments on the only planet that we have.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments. I strongly support their stand. https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Karen Jacques
1209 T St
Sacramento, CA 95811-7105
(916) 452-2631
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 7:05:02 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ross Heckmann <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Ross Heckmann
1214 alencia Way
Arcadia, CA 91006-2406
(626) 862-3511
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:20 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pam Thomas-Hill <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 7:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Pam Thomas-Hill
1440 W Edgehill Rd
Apt 68
San Bernardino, CA 92405-5127
(832) 291-3683
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:31 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Susan McKee <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.No one actuay knows the long term issues that will arise from these Marine Cloud Brightening experiments. We do know that there have been many issuesnwith all forms of geoengineering. It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature, you know.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Susan McKee
307 Old County Rd
Apt 2
San Carlos, CA 94070-6239
(650) 440-9080
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:38 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ellen Davis <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Ellen Davis
1742 S Barrington Ave Apt 4
Los Angeles, CA 90025-4063
(310) 962-6813
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:54 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Barbara Harper <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Barbara Harper
13535 Agua Dulce
Castroville, CA 95012-2926
(555) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:47 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sherry Marsh <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Sherry Marsh
5030 Alicante Way
Oceanside, CA 92056-5159
(760) 630-6546
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:38 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Justine Pasek <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Justine Pasek
2675 Nichols Canyon Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90046-1343
(323) 378-6131
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:29 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicole Fountain <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Nicole Fountain
1860 Maple Grove Ln
Lincoln, CA 95648-8670
(510) 671-8901
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:22 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ted Fishman <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Ted Fishman
790 illa Teresa Way
San Jose, CA 95123-2639
(408) 987-6543
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:15 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nora Privitera <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Nora Privitera
3242 Kansas St
Oakland, CA 94602-3917
(510) 484-5992
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:22:07 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Still <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Brian Still
4077 3rd Ave Apt 307
San Diego, CA 92103-2127
(858) 997-9579
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:21:14 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Diana Kliche <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 11:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Diana Kliche
3351 Ridge Park Ct
Long Beach, CA 90804-1201
(818) 679-3336
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:21:0 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lynne Nittler <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 11:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Thank you for choosing a much more cautious approach rather than risking so much harm.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lynne Nittler
2441 Bucklebury Rd
Davis, CA 95616-3089
(530) 613-7015
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:20:59 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chip Sharpe <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 11:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Chip Sharpe
1644 Old Arcata Rd
Bayside, CA 95524-9301
(707) 822-3976
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:20:52 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Justin Truong <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 11:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Justin Truong
33 Junior Ter
San Francisco, CA 94112-3245
(415) 696-4065
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:20:44 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carlos Arnold <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 11:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Carlos Arnold
499 Fair Oaks Dr
Santa Maria, CA 93455-2329
(805) 937-5725
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:17:20 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gary Baxel <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Gary Baxel
68249 risueno, 0
0 Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 325-1501
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:17:13 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sheri Rollison <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Sheri Rollison
383 Grandview Ave
Novato, CA 94945-3544
(415) 897-0269
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:17:0 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ann Wasgatt <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Ann Wasgatt
308 Alta ista Ave
Roseville, CA 95678-1702
(916) 781-2426
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:1 :58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: cheryl bly <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. cheryl bly
4075 Brindisi Pl
Moorpark, CA 93021-3763
(805) 222-5333
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:1 :3 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ann Dorsey <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Ann Dorsey
18042 Schoenborn St Apt 5
Northridge, CA 91325-3844
818181818
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:1 :29 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: PENNY LUCE <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. PENNY LUCE
5045 Rocoso Way
Santa Barbara, CA 93111-1830
(805) 964-1676
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:1 :21 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brigid Murphy <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Brigid Murphy
13349 Barcelona Pl
Chino, CA 91710-5383
(909) 590-8448
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:1 :13 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Candelaria <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Robert Candelaria
PO Box 641
Summerland, CA 93067-0641
(805) 249-8175
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Do not support marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:1 :05 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jean King <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Do not support marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I live in the SF Bay Area and I am very skeptical of marine geoengineering. It might to more harm to the Bay Area and to our planet.

I'Please prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of the Bay Area and California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jean King
4205 Colgate Way
Livermore, CA 94550-3414
(925) 980-1962
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:15:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Richard Dawson <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I urge you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Richard Dawson
1974 Avon St
Los Angeles, CA 90026-1832
(323) 666-6666
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:15:51 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Allen Lipsey <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Allen Lipsey
5529 oletta Pl
alley illage, CA 91607-1919
(818) 506-5445
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:15:05 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Barb Frances <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Barb Frances
399 Carpenteria Rd
Aromas, CA 95004-9709
(111) 111-1111
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charles Tribbey <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Charles Tribbey
57 La Gaviota
Pismo Beach, CA 93449-2835
(805) 441-7597
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:51 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christine Doyka <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Christine Doyka
471 Wallan Rd
Garberville, CA 95542-9405
(707) 223-2727
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Courtney Daniels <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Courtney Daniels
14542 Greenleaf St
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-3769
(818) 990-1858
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hillary Ostrow <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Hillary Ostrow
5835 Hesperia Ave
Encino, CA 91316-1013
(818) 345-9868
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:2 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sheila Dixon <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Sheila Dixon
1516 Silverleaf Ln
Concord, CA 94521-3546
(925) 808-8631
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:18 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jimmie Lunsford <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Jimmie Lunsford
3288 Adams Ave. 16642
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 933-8991
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:12 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Acosta <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Mike Acosta
7165 Potomac St
Riverside, CA 92504-3935
(951) 237-2063
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:14:12 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elaine Parker <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Elaine Parker
285 Fairlawn Dr
Berkeley, CA 94708-2220
(510) 847-0171
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:57 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Randy Gerlach <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Randy Gerlach
50 Ardendale Dr
Daly City, CA 94014-1407
(415) 584-4185
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:50 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jean Crossley <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jean Crossley
208 Seaborg Pl
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-3133
(530) 795-2906
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:41 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benjamin Barajas Jr <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Benjamin Barajas Jr
145 Pinewood Ave
Red Oak, TX 75154-0110
(909) 768-1295
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Matthew Davison <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Matthew Davison
1150 W Capitol Dr
Unit 150
San Pedro, CA 90732-2278
(424) 477-5545
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:2 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carol Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Carol Cook
282 La Casa Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403-5015
(650) 349-2136
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:18 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Adams <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. David Adams
14 Penn alley, CA 95946
(530) 432-8712
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:10 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: oe Harris <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. oe Harris
PO Box 265
San Anselmo, CA 94979-0265
(415) 464-9445
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:13:02 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Evans <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Mike Evans
Hearst Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720
(213) 447-0746
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:52 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jana Mariposa Muhar <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jana Mariposa Muhar
672 Piezzi Rd Mariposa
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-5539
(707) 546-4386
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:45 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anthony Tupasi <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Tupasi
1207 48th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122-1001
(415) 664-6738
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:38 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kristin Womack <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Kristin Womack
396 San Francisco Blvd
San Anselmo, CA 94960-1639
(415) 578-8268
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:30 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dale Peterson <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Dale Peterson
2506 10th St
Berkeley, CA 94710-2520
(510) 644-3073
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:22 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris Evans <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Chris Evans
Hearst Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720
(213) 447-0746
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:15 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Eric Nichandros <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Eric Nichandros
17426 Columbia Dr
Castro alley, CA 94552-1601
(510) 246-4388
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:07 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: C. YEE <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. C. YEE
PO Box 22787
Sacramento, CA 95822-0787
(916) 359-1245
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:12:00 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gray <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Brian Gray
7776 Palmyra Dr
Fair Oaks, CA 95628-3444
(916) 849-9369
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:51 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bonnie Robinson <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Bonnie Robinson
5907 E alley Forge Dr
Orange, CA 92869-1457
(714) 292-2762
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:43 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lynn Luther <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lynn Luther
1080 Butler Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95407-8027
(707) 387-2728
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:37 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Corinne Frugoni <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Corinne Frugoni
1929 Haeger Ave
Arcata, CA 95521-5426
(707) 822-3141
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:28 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gerry Williams <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 9:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Gerry Williams
Potter Ave
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(805) 241-8535
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:20 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lisa Jack <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lisa Jack
1717 Novato Blvd
Apt 3
Novato, CA 94947-3043
(415) 892-7166
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:13 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Candy Bowman <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Candy Bowman
1525 Cold Springs Rd Spc 52
Placerville, CA 95667-9465
(530) 621-1796
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:11:0 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cynthia Miller <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Cynthia Miller
605 Pringle Ave Spc 6
Galt, CA 95632-8745
(916) 753-9483
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:10:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen Carrillo <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Stephen Carrillo
907 Adams St Apt C
Albany, CA 94706-2055
(510) 524-9319
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:10:49 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jane August <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jane August
PO Box 666
Topanga, CA 90290-0666
(310) 455-2860
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:10:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Leslie Smith <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Leslie Smith
6046 Fairlane Dr
Oakland, CA 94611-1806
(415) 218-0590
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:10:33 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jill Mistretta <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jill Mistretta
8 Windsor Pl
San Francisco, CA 94133-4152
(415) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Please vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:10:25 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elaine Yeh <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
As a former Alameda County resident, I'm writing to you to urge you not to allow the controversial and risky geoengineering experiment to be conducted in the Bay Area.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a resident of northern California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Elaine Yeh
1136 Wild Rose Dr
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-5058
(707) 400-7062
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:09:43 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Wm Briggs <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Wm Briggs
46 20th Ct
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254-2804
(310) 555-1212
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:09:34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rhonda Kess <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Rhonda Kess
626 S Beachwood Dr
Burbank, CA 91506-3010
(818) 468-3393
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:08:17 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Beti Webb Trauth <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Beti Webb Trauth
2324 Harris St
Eureka, CA 95503-4749
(707) 407-3232
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:08:08 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joe Salazar <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Joe Salazar
610 Cherrywood Dr
Santa Rosa, CA 95407-7514
(707) 591-5668
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:07:59 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dana Monroe <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
Prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dana Monroe
2760 E 4th St Apt 222
National City, CA 91950-3085
(619) 334-8722
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:07:51 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Chase <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Mary Chase
1092 Noe St
San Francisco, CA 94114-3340
(102) 938-4756
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:07:44 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: winifred hopkins <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. winifred hopkins
1137 W Fern Dr
Fullerton, CA 92833-2309
(714) 992-1693
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:07:3 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kevin McKelvie <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Kevin McKelvie
2646 W La Condesa Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92264-9385
(760) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:07:2 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tina Arnold <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
Please prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Tina Arnold
730 Turnberry Ter
Rio ista, CA 94571-2124
(510) 301-7223
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:07:17 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Melkon Marco Khanlian <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 10:52 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 4, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Melkon Marco Khanlian
2926 Honolulu Ave Apt C
La Crescenta, CA 91214-3938
(310) 379-6056
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:53 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Maria Cardenas <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Maria Cardenas
143 N Dalton Ave
Azusa, CA 91702-3666
(626) 969-4915
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:05:4 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Forest Frasieur <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 8:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Forest Frasieur
454 E E St
Benicia, CA 94510-3288
(707) 292-8401
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:23:02 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Margaret Shekell <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Margaret Shekell
11010 Rose Ave
Apt 211
Los Angeles, CA 90034-6041
(310) 838-8060
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:23:11 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Garitty <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Michael Garitty
13088 ista Knls
Nevada City, CA 95959-8515
(530) 292-3701
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Please : ote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:23:21 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rita A <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please : ote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
Respectfully.

As a lifelong Californian and Rural resident, it has come to my attention a highly contentious geoengineering experiment is being considered and planned for the Bay Area with a discussion on the proposal set for 4 June 2024.

As you are aware:

1. Clouds do not remain in place--they move far and wide.

2. The proposed geoengineering experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB).

3. MCB:
. is a form of solar radiation modification
. involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds
. theoretically increases clouds reflectivity
. partially blocks the sun's rays

4. Deploying MCB at a grand scale would:
. bring a host of new environmental and social impacts
. potentially put billions of peoples' health and human rights at risk

5. Like all geoengineering techniques--it is impossible to test for MCB's intended climate impact--without large-scale deployment, that would lock in any harmful consequences. Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

6. Deployed MCB at this scale--would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change that would potentially exacerbate--locally and far from the deployment site:
. droughts
. hurricanes
. flooding
. increase, uncontrollable salt deposition on land and (ocean, fresh, ground, drinking) waterways
. corrode infrastructure
. harm agriculture
. harm ecosystems
. create huge volumes of seawater that would adversely effect and kill substantial marine life
. impact ocean food chains
. impact fisheries
. impact coastal and rural communities lives and livelihoods

7. This--perceived local MCB decision--has far reaching consequences:
. Again--weather patterns as their clouds--move.
. The experiment risks legitimizing highly speculative and harmful technology.
. botanical, wildlife, environments, and habitats on our planet could be adversely affected by large scale deployment.
, lives and livelihoods of Rural through Urban dwellers could be adversely affected by large scale deployment

8. Governments and numerous civil society organizations around the world and call for:
. a moratorium on geoengineering
. a move to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering
. an end to marine geoengineering experiments
Please refer to this link:
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ Please:
. Be mindful.
. Be an entrusted public servant employee-representative leader. . Consider the lon term consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on 4 June.
. Advocate the Marine Cloud Brightening experiment does not proceed.

With appreciation for your time, thoughtful consideration and responsible action on this far-reaching concern that touches present and future generations--including your families and
descendants--historically documented for all to review.

Every good intention.

Sincerely,
Ms. Rita A
1461 M St
Arcata, CA 95521-5752
(555) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:23:30 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jim Haley <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Jim Haley
35399 Ridge Route Road
Castaic, CA 91383
(661) 294-9999
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:10 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Suzanne Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Suzanne Cook
2584 Knox Cove Dr
Mckinleyville, CA 95519-3373
(707) 839-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] ote NO on ris y geoengineering scheme Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:23:4 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benjamin Burch <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] ote NO on risky geoengineering scheme To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Benjamin Burch
3112a Lewiston Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705-2717
(510) 654-6205
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:23:38 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Amrit Khalsa <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:47 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Amrit Khalsa
1542 Wollacott St
Redondo Beach, CA 90278-2832
(310) 372-1735
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:18 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thomas Force <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Thomas Force
420 N Pine St
Ukiah, CA 95482-4338
(707) 463-1166
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:25 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen Serafino <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Stephen Serafino
1316 illage 1
Camarillo, CA 93012-6812
(805) 427-5813
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:33 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: JL Angell <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. JL Angell
2391 Ponderosa Rd
Rescue, CA 95672-9411
(530) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] ote NO on Geoengineering - Address the Source of Glo al eating Rather than E perimenting with Dangerous Band-Aids
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:42 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rose Ann Witt <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] ote NO on Geoengineering - Address the Source of Global Heating Rather than Experimenting with Dangerous Band-Aids
To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I am writing as a biologist and parent to urge you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development by giving others permission to follow suit.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the Climate Crisis, nor associated pollution that threatens health, nor sea level rise, nor ocean acidification, nor biodiversity loss, nor ecological overshoot, or any of a host of interconnected problems. It does, however, have the very real potential to create additional climate changes that could potentially exacerbate already extreme droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences for all of humanity since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and dangerous technology which could impact everyone on the planet if large-scale deployment occurs.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments:
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen, and taxpayer, of California, I strongly urge you to reconsider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Ann Witt
1282 Oak Grove Pl
Westlake illage, CA 91362-4249
(805) 495-7877
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:49 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tina Ann <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Tina Ann
PO Box 265
Bolinas, CA 94924-0265
(415) 868-2523
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:24:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Camille Gilbert <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Camille Gilbert
1923 San Andres St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-4045
(805) 687-2478
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:05 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: William Crist <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:22 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. William Crist
343 Charing Cross Way
Pacifica, CA 94044-2803
(650) 355-1877
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:11 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ked Garden <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:21 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Ked Garden
2328 Main St
Lemon Grove, CA 91945-3221
(619) 543-2345
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:19 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: GREG D <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:21 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. GREG D
1525 Highland Dr
Mount Shasta, CA 96067-9038
(530) 926-9999
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:2 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ryan Schrader <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Ryan Schrader
9623 Muroc St
Bellflower, CA 90706-2337
(562) 860-7217
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: uerido Galdo <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. uerido Galdo
PO Box 1415
Gualala, CA 95445-1415
(510) 220-0252
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:41 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bob Leppo <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Bob Leppo
310 Cuyama Ave
Pismo Beach, CA 93449-1806
(360) 850-7133
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:50 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anne M. an Alstyne <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Anne M. an Alstyne
2750 Artesia Blvd
Unit 451
Redondo Beach, CA 90278-3387
(801) 571-1970
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:25:57 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alessia Cowee <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Alessia Cowee
379 Gardenside Ct
Chico, CA 95973-0366
(530) 828-1923
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:2 :04 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lisa Gherardi <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lisa Gherardi
435 Alberto Way
Los Gatos, CA 95032-5422
(123) 456-7890
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:2 :12 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Levesque <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Paul Levesque
4082 Albatross St Apt 15
San Diego, CA 92103-1983
(619) 295-1662
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:2 :20 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hank Ram rez <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Hank Ram rez
4823 Mansfield St
San Diego, CA 92116-1979
(619) 285-1365
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:2 :27 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: William Ferguson <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. William Ferguson
6330 Park illage St
Sacramento, CA 95822-3474
(916) 903-4509
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:2 :34 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Blaise Brockman <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Blaise Brockman
370 Campus Dr
Arcadia, CA 91007-6917
(323) 323-4567
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Please vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:2 :44 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ruth Clifford <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Please vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Ruth Clifford
1505 De Rose Way Apt 94
San Jose, CA 95126-4135
(650) 906-7075
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:27:55 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: F. R. Eguren <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. F. R. Eguren
608 S Broadway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277-4291
(310) 767-9955
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:02 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dalia Salgado <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Dalia Salgado
707 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3501
(000) 000-0000
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:11 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dudley and Candace Campbell <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Dudley and Candace Campbell
13167 Ortley Pl
alley Glen, CA 91401-1329
(818) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:18 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jack Schlotte <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. Jack Schlotte
17276 oorhes Ln
Ramona, CA 92065-7109
(619) 890-0585
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:2 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sharon Lieberman <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Sharon Lieberman
36660 Annapolis Rd
Annapolis, CA 95412-9752
(707) 886-1111
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:3 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: April West <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. April West
1214 Matanzas Way
Santa Rosa, CA 95405-6911
(707) 579-2475
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:43 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marilyn Price <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Marilyn Price
138 Sunnyside Ave
Mill alley, CA 94941-2074
(415) 381-2941
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:51 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lynette Coffey <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Lynette Coffey
4059 La Mesa Ave
Shasta Lake, CA 96019-9243
(530) 276-8311
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:28:58 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: kent morris <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Mr. kent morris
2900 Madison Ave Unit B16
Fullerton, CA 92831-2295
(714) 528-5468
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:07 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: katharine kehr <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. katharine kehr
470 Florence Ave
Sebastopol, CA 95472-3739
(707) 827-3478
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:15 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jessica Dardarian <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Jessica Dardarian
1274 Humbug Creek Ct
Folsom, CA 95630-7643
(916) 934-6345
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:23 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Maria Nesheim <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Maria Nesheim
7024 Mesa Ct
Aptos, CA 95003-3347
(831) 662-7689
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:30 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Janet Heinle <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Janet Heinle
1047 Lincoln Blvd Apt 7
Santa Monica, CA 90403-4066
(310) 555-5555
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:38 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Patricia Whelehan <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Dr. Patricia Whelehan
1247 11th Ave Apt 102
San Francisco, CA 94122-2257
(315) 323-2840
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:45 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kirsten Moy <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.

Small-scale experiments like this one therefore tend to serve as technology development.

Deployed at scale, Marine Cloud Brightening would not reverse the climate crisis but create a different climate change potentially exacerbating droughts, hurricanes, and flooding far from the deployment site. It would also result in increased and uncontrollable salt deposition on land and in waterways, corroding infrastructure and harming agriculture, while the use of huge volumes of seawater would kill substantial marine life with cascading impacts on ocean food chains, fisheries, and coastal communities.

While this is a local decision, it has far reaching consequences since the experiment risks legitimizing this highly speculative and harmful technology and everyone on the planet could be affected by large scale deployment.

You may already be aware that governments around the world have agreed to a global moratorium on geoengineering and are moving to introduce more restrictive regulations for marine geoengineering. Many civil society organizations around the world have called for an end to marine geoengineering experiments.
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/05/marine-geoegineering-statement/ As a citizen of California, I strongly urge you to consider the wider consequences of this project when you discuss the matter on June 4, and do the right thing by acting to ensure the experiment cannot go ahead.

Sincerely,
Ms. Kirsten Moy
197 Georgia Way
San Leandro, CA 94577-1832
(510) 406-8491
[email protected]
From: Trish Spencer
To: Lara Weisiger
Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering Date: Monday, June 3, 2024 11:29:53 PM
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elli Kimbauer <[email protected]>
Date: Jun 3, 2024 6:17 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Protect our planet and vote NO on marine geoengineering To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc:

Jun 3, 2024
Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer
Dear Councilmember Herrera Spencer,
I'm writing to you to ask you to prevent the highly contentious geoengineering experiment planned for the Bay Area from going ahead, when you meet to discuss the proposal on 4 June.

The experiment aims to test technology that would advance Marine Cloud Brightening -- a form of solar radiation modification that involves spraying saltwater particles into the air to thicken or brighten clouds, theoretically increasing their reflectivity and partially blocking the sun's rays.

Deploying Marine Cloud Brightening at scale would bring a host of new environmental and social impacts, potentially putting billions of peoples' human rights at risk. Like all geoengineering techniques, it is impossible to test for its intended climate impact without large-scale deployment, which would lock in any harmful consequences.