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How does that even work? The only way I know to change the weather is with the Clear Skies shout — in Skyrim (a video game).
People have been experimenting with cloud seeding for decades, but more likely this is another BS bill targeting contrails to feed the paranoid agenda.
guts of a century really, since the 40s (I just read this on wikipedia right now)
The spell Weather Control in D&D worked in 3.0/3.5
(Also a game)
In GTA III, you could type in "I LOVE SCOTLAND" to change the weather to pouring rain
Pump sulfur dioxide, aerosols, into the upper atmosphere.