MTG suggests cloud seeding could stop LA wildfires months after implying it was used to create hurricanes
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The controversial Georgia Republican has a long history of promoting weather-related conspiracy theories. Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has called on a mysterious “they” to use “cloud seeding” to stop the California wildfires — once again peddling false claims about officials’ purported ability to control the weather.
![[Firefighters extinguish flames from the Palisades Fire in California]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/13/16/SEI235808338.jpg)
Several wildfires have been scorching southern California since last week, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. The blazes have killed at least 25 people and burned through more than 40,000 acres. The Palisades and Eaton fires are now among the most destructive in Los Angeles history.
In October, the Republican from Georgia similarly claimed that “they” can control the weather after Hurricane Helene killed more than two dozen people in her state and more than 230 across the US. “Everyone keeps asking, ‘who is they?’” Greene wrote on X last year.
“Well some of them are listed on NOAA, as well as most of the ways weather can be modified...If your home or business or property is damaged or a loved one is killed by their weather modifications shouldn’t you be eligible for compensation?” she wrote.
Greene also attached screenshots of “weather modification project reports” from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website to her post, which included cloud seeding. The method can create small amounts of rain in localized areas. Cloud seeding is often used to locally improve winter snowfall and increase mountain snow, which in turn ensures a higher natural water supply in the area, according to the DRI.
