Poster's note: calls to "confront geoengineers on the ground" may be interpreted by some as encouraging violence, destruction of property and harassment. I personally very this as (at best) an unwise and unfortunate choice of words. Nevertheless, it demonstrates the need for geoengineering researchers to have a security-first mindset, at home and work.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Geoengineering Monitor <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018, 17:53 Subject: Open-air experiments: Coming to America(s) To: Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> Hi! You're signed up to the Geoengineering Monitor mailing list. You can unsubscribe <http://action.etcgroup.org/unsubscribe?e=3a804b4344e061bc35eced0440e3a83f&utm_source=etcgroup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=august_newsletter&n=1>. If this was forwarded and you want to subscribe, click here <http://action.etcgroup.org/r?u=TS-N80iidiFc8z1cq9phfTID9_JymJimyzFhf3wR4i0v3LawClqf962d1QUpENbbJgnr3_cW3HKO0sEmfaP3RPUKazIjzOHKIaX-sAERAF5EbmzhZN3o1fBrAOocOLyQQpocRW1AN6fvUaqWmgTUkA&e=3a804b4344e061bc35eced0440e3a83f&utm_source=etcgroup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=august_newsletter&n=2> . 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