Geoengineering sparks international ban, first-ever congressional report
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 30, 2010
A senior House Democrat from Tennessee issued the first
congressional report on geoengineering Friday, just as delegates from 193 nations approved a ban on such research under a global biodiversity treaty.
The debate over whether humans should explore ways to manipulate the climate has taken on increased urgency over the past year, as efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming have encountered political roadblocks in the United States and elsewhere.