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75 Syracuse L. Rev. 1 (2025)

handle is hein.journals/syrlr75 and id is 1 raw text is: BAD POLICY RUNS DOWNHILL: HOW CLOUD SEEDING JURISPRUDENCE DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMS DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES Michael Conklint Justin Blounttt A B STR A C T .......................................................................................... . . 1 IN TR O D U CTIO N ................................................................................... . . 2 I. BACKGROUND....................................................................................5 A. History and Science of Cloud Seeding .............................. 5 B. Modern Day Uses ...................................................................7 II. POTENTIAL FOR H ARM .................................................................. . 8 III. DISPROPORTIONATE POTENTIAL HARM TO DISADVANTAGED C OM M UN ITIES ....................................................................... . . 10 A. Disproportionate Environmental Harm in General.............10 B. Disproportionate Harmfrom Cloud Seeding...................13 IV . C A SE L A W .......................................................................................14 V. CAUSATION......................................................................................18 VI. CURRENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT ...................................... 22 VII. COMPARISON TO WATER RIGHTS ............................................... 22 VIII. FEDERAL REGULATION SOLUTION................................................26 IX . PUBLIC N OTICE AND COMMENT .......................................................30 C O N CLU SIO N .................................................................................... . . 3 1 ABSTRACT Cloud seeding is the practice of altering the weather by injecting chemicals into clouds. The practice can be used to obtain a variety of desired outcomes such as more rain for farmers, hail suppression, hurricane suppression, fog mitigation, and increased snowfall which t Assistant Professor of Business Law, Texas A&M University Central Texas; Lecturer, Texas A&M University School of Law. ?? Associate Professor of Business Communication and Legal Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University.

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