{"id":191875,"date":"2025-11-20T20:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=191875"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:33:48","slug":"why-the-for-profit-race-into-solar-geoengineering-is-bad-for-science-and-public-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=191875","title":{"rendered":"Why the for-profit race into solar geoengineering is bad for science and public trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, an American-Israeli company that claims it\u2019s developed proprietary technology to cool the planet announced it had raised $60 million, by far the largest known venture capital round to date for a solar geoengineering startup. 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