Iron Dump in Ocean Leads to Calls for Comprehensive Test Ban of Geoengineering
California businessman, Russ George, convinced a small indigenous community of 700 people in Old Massett, British Columbia, Canada, to invest $2.5 million in a “geoengineering” project of iron dumping in the ocean to stimulate plankton growth in order to restore the salmon in the area. Russ George convinced them they could restore the health of the sea and recover their investment through carbon trading and through harvesting a revived salmon run.
The project is in direct violation of a moratorium on iron dumping put in place at the meeting of the United Nation’s Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) two years ago. Hands … Continue Reading