Geoengineering Project Probably Breaking The Laws
Treehugger2012-10-15: /CC BY-SA 2.0 A geoengineering experiment conducted in July, off the coast of British Columbia, that dumped 100 tons of iron particles into the ocean to test ocean iron fertilization has been claimed both a success, and a gross violation of international law—not to mention apparently haven been authorized on seemingly fraudulent information. The Guardian reports that Russ George, the former head of Planktos (a for-profit firm which tried to conduct similar experiments off the Galapagos, as well as the Canary Islands), had a team of scientists conduct the experiment, with the
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