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10 Best Green & Environment Presentation Templates

Most people agree that green technologies are essential for saving the planet .

Whether it’s about waste management, renewable energy or clean water, we need to do more to keep our world a safe and clean place for future generations.

That’s the reason why we see much innovation in the environmental and green technology sector – not just because it means doing the right thing, but it’s also for a greater cause.

These eco and nature themed presentation templates will help you make a memorable presentation about most environment themed topics.

While all of the templates are available for Prezi presentation software only, some do also include a PowerPoint PPT version as a bonus.

1. Green Future Evolution Presentation Template

Want to save the planet or protect the environment? Start with this creative Presentation template showing a man holding a small island environment with a big tree and wind turbines. A presentation concept that illustrates global warming, renewable energy sources and protecting the planet against pollution. Template available as a Prezi presentation and also as PowerPoint PPT template. Go green and make your viewers green with an eye-catching green technology presentation.

2. Green Environment Ideas Presentation Template

How to organize an environmental event? This template might come handy! Prezi Template for a green/nature/environment presentation topic. Various green rectangles on a nature background with trees, grass, and butterflies. Talk about saving the environment, saving the nature, air pollution, economic ideas, recycling. Present about green energy, renewable energy sources, wind, solar energy, atmosphere, ozone, plants, gardening, wildlife.

3. Agriculture Presentation Template

Save water – save the planet! The presentation starts with an overview of a green plastic watering canister on a green grass and farm background. The whole template features a green color scheme with the nature in mind. Start pouring out your ideas and concepts from the canister – zoom into the rectangle shapes, and replace the demo content with your own. A creative concept for making an infographic diagram poster image for topics related with cultivation of land, breeding of animals or any other agricultural science. So hopefully your Prezi won’t need any pesticides or fertilizers… keep your presentation clean and fresh!

4. Green Eco Technology Presentation Template

Climate warming is one of the hottest topics of this century and the so called “Green Technologies” will try to solve the problem. So what exactly is green technology? Well it can be anything that helps to produce renewable energy or solve a waste problem and helps to keep our planet clean. This presentation template, which is available for both PowerPoint and Prezi, uses a 3D concept with a grass sphere which has a computer technology and microchip pattern on it. A futuristic and multipurpose template which can be used to present about any green technology related topic.

5. Green Energy Presentation Template

Green energy Prezi template can help demonstrate the importance of getting an alternative source of electricity for your house or work environment. Template has a green gradient background and different vector based shapes like arrows, solar panels. Template has a green gradient background and different vector based shapes like arrows, solar panels. Move elements, change texts.

6. Waste Management Presentation Template

The Waste Management Prezi template uses an instantly recognizable concept of a trash container and green slide backgrounds, which is also related to recycling. The presentation starts with an overview of the entire trash container, there’s plenty of empty space for you to add a presentation headline and subtitle on the asphalt background. Advance your presentation by zooming inside the rectangle shapes, which are semi-transparent, making the recycling center background slightly visible. You can also delete the background and use a solid color or your own background picture. We all know that the world is polluted and filled with mostly plastic waste, the questions is, will we do anything about it? You can start the revolution by making an interesting  presentation and cleaning up the room filled with other boring presentations.

7. Eco Technology Green Ideas Presentation

Prezi Template with the concept of Growing Ideas. Various green shaded cogs forming tree shapes and a cloud with water drops. Good template for a technology/future related presentation. Zoom into the elements are present your ideas. All separated elements, rearrange the animate cogs and create more trees. A good template for presentations related with green energy, nature, technology, innovation, making it work, fine tuning, details, evolution… Add your own background image.

8. Climate Change Presentation Template

3D Prezi Template with the world burning in flames concept. Illustrate global warming, climate changes, greenhouse gases and international pollution. Talk about the emission of carbon dioxide, fossil fuels, sea-level rise, ecological footprint or renewable energy. A very timely topic, considering the international climate change control meeting in France. Is it possible to stop global warming, what effects it does it have on our life – present about it.

9. Think Green Presentation Template

Prezi presentation Template for a green-thinker. Trees, nuclear power plant, wind turbines, butterflies and skyscrapers in various shades of green. Use the separated elements and create the design layout you need! A good template for a nature, pollution, green-energy related presentation. Talk about renewable energy sources, saving the environment and ozone.

10. Global Environment Presentation Template

3D animated infographic Prezi presentation Template with a tree revolving on a globe. Create a professional presentation about nature, economy, global growth, green energy. Includes flying colorful butterflies that symbolize pure nature, freedom… Insert your own symbols and customize the circle elements with your own colors. Good template for talking about environment, global warming, going green, ecosystems, atmosphere, ozone.

Green technologies are needed to save the planet… and you can also participate by choosing a “green” template for your next environment themed Presentation!

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Our saving environment PowerPoint slide is aimed at providing information about the concept of reducing, reuse and recycle. This template is an exquisitely designed PPT visual which is fully customizable and editable. The given save the environment PowerPoint example can very well be used to explain the process of reducing, reusing, recycling, energy recovery, and disposal of the non-reusable waste. The given environment-friendly slide PowerPoint graphic with the use of green trees cutout in the shape of an animal can be edited as well as customized. The image as used in this PPT presentation graphic can be used to easily captivate the audience within the presentation. Make use of the slide to discuss the facts of recycling and reduction of waste in order to attain sustainable development and an improved environmental state for the planet which has been spoiled by excessive pollution. Interpose between groups with our Saving Environment Powerpoint Slide. Bring an end to angry exchanges.

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How to save the environment ?. The Earth is the only planet we’ve got - we should protect it and keep it alive . Our natural resources are : -air : -water : -land : -forests : -minerals : -coal : but they are endangered – among others - by different types of pollution .

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Howtosavetheenvironment?

The Earth is theonlyplanetwe’vegot - weshouldprotectit and keepitalive. Ournaturalresourcesare: -air: -water: -land: -forests: -minerals: -coal: buttheyareendangered – amongothers - bydifferenttypes of pollution.

Types of pollution • Air pollution: smoke, exhaustfumes and aerosolspraysproducegreenhousegases, whichdepletetheozonelayer. • Waterpollution: oiltankersreleasepetrol and oil, whichkilltheanimalslivingthere. • Noisepollution: cars and othervehiclesproducenoise, whichirritatespeople, animalsandplants. • Soilpollution: Pesticides and othertypes of poisonousmaterials and chemicalsendangerourhealth.

A largenumber of animals (penguins, polarbears, etc…) arelosingtheirhabitats, becauseofthemeltingoftheicecaps. The most importantcause is globalwarming! Wearerunning out of naturalresources. Freshwater is goingtodecrease, ifwedon’ttakecare.

Howcan WE savetheEarth? Wecansaveenergybyturningoffthelights, whenweleaveourroom. Wecanalsoturnofftheheating, and alltheappliancesthatarenotinuse. Weshouldusepaperonbothsides, oratleastthrowthemawaytorecyclingbins.

Weshouldturnoffwater taps, takeshortershowersinstead of having a bath, and usewater-savingdevicesifpossible.

Weshouldusenaturalcleanerswhichdonotcontainanytoxicmaterials, orharmfulchemicals, and biogradableproductslikenaturalsoaps and dishes. The bestwaytoprotecttheenvironment is conservation.

Switchoffthe TV orthe computer, whennotinuse, theyconsumeenergy and makenoise. Go out withyourfriendsinstead! A lot of energy (nearly 25 %) can be savedbynotleavingelectricalapplianceson stand by. Ifyouhavethechancetocarpool, doit. Ifyou drive toofast, then more petrol is wasted. Buttheworstthingyoucando is usingyourcarwhenyoudon’tneedto.

Weshouldusepublictransportinstead of cars, orjustrideour bike orwalk. Riding and walkingaremuch less noisy and donotconsumeanyfuel. Didyouknow? Scientistshaveprovedthatplantsgrowbetteriftheylistentoclassicalinstead of rock music. Donotuseyourhornwhenit is notnecessary!

Wecreatetoomuchwaste. Weshouldreuse and repairthingsinstead of throwingthemaway. Recyclinghelpstoreducetheamount of rubbish. Wecanvolunteerfortree-planting and otherenvironmentalprogrammesaswell. Wecanalsokeep a lot of waste out of landfillsitesbycompostingleftoversinour back garden. Itcan be usedas a fertiliserforthesoil.

Spreadawareness of environmentalissuesintheworld and donotforgetthatwedidnotinheritourplanetfromourfathers, butwehaveborroweditfromourchildren!

Thankyouforyourattention writtenby: Bíró Zsófia Czere Bálint Fehér Dóra Bálint Márton Primary and SecondarySchool Törökbálint

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D ETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded $20 billion in federal green bank grants to eight community development banks and nonprofit organizations to use on projects combating climate change in disadvantaged communities and helping Americans save money and reduce their carbon footprints.

The money could fund tens of thousands of eligible projects ranging from residential heat pumps and other energy-efficient home improvements to larger-scale projects such as electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers.

“We have the capacity with this approach to empower communities to decide which projects they want that will have the greatest impact from their perspective in the place they call home,” said Vice President Kamala Harris, who traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to unveil the funding.

It was Harris' fourth trip to the battleground state this year as Democrats hope to win a state that they narrowly lost to Republican Donald Trump in the last presidential election.

In a local radio interview conducted before her trip, Harris said North Carolina will “really help determine the outcome of who will occupy the White House for the next four years. And this election, we've got everything on the line.”

The green bank that oversees the grants announced Thursday was created by Biden's landmark climate law , the Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022.

Formally known as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the $27 billion bank is one of many federal efforts to invest in solutions that cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions and address human-caused climate change , a topic President Joe Biden has emphasized in his presidency and Democratic reelection campaign.

The bank’s goals are to reduce climate and air pollution and mobilize public and private capital in the communities that need it most.

“While every community has the capacity to join the clean energy economy, not every community has had the opportunity to do that," Harris said.

Before her speech at a community center, Harris joined Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan at a home in the Grier Heights neighborhood that had taken advantage of financing opportunities to become more energy efficient.

Harris told the homeowner that she hopes others “will see for themselves what is possible for them and their families.:

As part of Thursday's news, the $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund program granted money to three nonprofits that will partner with states and the private sector to provide affordable financing for projects across the country.

The $6 billion Clean Communities Investment Accelerator also granted money to five institutions that will work with other groups to establish hubs that make funding and technical assistance accessible to community lenders.

Recipients committed to spending $7 in private sector funding for each $1 from the federal investment money, to “reduce or avoid” 40 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year and earmark 70% of the money for disadvantaged and low-income communities. These groups are often passed over by commercial banks and investors yet are disproportionately impacted by climate change.

Among the eight funding recipients are:

—Coalition for Green Capital, a nonprofit working with a nationwide network of state, local, and nonprofit green banks, received $5 billion.

—Power Forward Communities, a nonprofit coalition formed by five housing, climate, and community investment groups, received $2 billion.

—Appalachian Community Capital, a nonprofit community development financial institution working with lenders in Appalachia, received $500 million.

Also part of the bank is the $7 billion Solar for All program, which will award states, tribes and municipalities money for a variety of residential and community solar projects at a later date.

Specifics around the bank were outlined last February , with applications for the programs sought in July and due last fall.

“I do think this is a really important part of our national strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and engage every community in the clean energy revolution,” Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen told The Associated Press in an interview. The Democrat first introduced legislation to create a national green bank 15 years ago. “Now we just need to work very hard on implementation," he said.

But the taxpayer-funded green bank has also faced opposition , notably from Republicans in Congress, who have called it a “slush fund” and voiced concern over accountability and transparency on how the money is used. House Republicans passed a bill last month to repeal the bank and other parts of the president’s climate agenda.

At the state level, Connecticut’s Green Bank and others have been successful in tracking the impact of their programs.

Through the national program, projects included could be larger, make more money and be more impactful.

“The scale envisioned for these entities could model successful state green banks while supercharging the number of communities served,” Katherine Hamilton, chair of public policy firm 38 North Solutions and who worked on underlying legislation for the fund, said in an email. She said that would help the country move “more quickly through the energy transition.”

Associated Press writer Chris Megerian contributed to this report from Washington.

Alexa St. John is an Associated Press climate solutions reporter. Follow her on X, formerly Twitter, @alexa_stjohn . Reach her at [email protected] .

The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org .

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A government proposal to kill a half-million owls sparks controversy

Clare Marie Schneider

This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Don Ryan Steve Legge/AP hide caption

This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt.

A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill roughly half a million barred owls to protect the spotted owl has conservationists and animal welfare advocates debating the moral issue of killing one species to protect another.

The proposal , published in November, garnered attention in recent days after dozens of wildlife protection and animal welfare organizations signed a letter opposing the plan .

In a March 25 letter responding to the proposal, a group of 75 organizations urged Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, to scrap what it calls a "reckless" plan. "Non-lethal management actions to protect spotted owls and their habitats should be made the priority action," it read.

To Save Threatened Owl, Another Species Is Shot

But the USFWS says if no action is taken to cull the barred owl population, the northern spotted owl faces extinction.

The barred owl is crowding out its less aggressive relative, the northern spotted owl, in the Northwestern states, according to the USFWS. To ensure the survival of the northern spotted owl, a threatened species, the service is proposing the mass removal of over 470,000 barred owls across California, Washington and Oregon over a three-decade span. The proposed action will also help prevent declines in the California spotted owls, another species facing competition from barred owls, it said.

Animal rights advocates say the proposal is unsustainable

Wayne Pacelle, president of the Center for a Human Economy and its lobbying arm, Animal Wellness Action, who co-authored the letter, called the plan "unworkable." He says it's doubtful that the government's plan can be successfully executed across such a long time frame.

"If you don't do it dutifully and religiously every single year for 30 years, it has no chance of succeeding," Pacelle told NPR.

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He argues that lethal management programs often succeed on closed ecosystems such as islands, but a management plan covering such a vast region wouldn't be as effective.

Cameron Barrows, a retired emeritus researcher at the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of California-Riverside, says that without a barred owl management strategy, spotted owls will disappear.

"If nothing is done to slow the encroachment of barred owls, you will lose spotted owls," he said. "There aren't a lot of choices left."

To him, the letter opposing the proposal effectively "means 'We'd rather have barred owls than spotted owls,' " he said.

A conservation organization in Washington also supports the proposed action. Birds Connect Seattle published a letter in January citing "preventing extinction" as one of its priorities.

'A fabulous ambassador' Flaco, the beloved New York owl, died after building collision

"We are not celebrating this management plan in issuing our support," said Claire Catania, the executive director of Birds Connect Seattle. But, she says, her organization recognizes its necessity.

How far should people go to remedy a human-created problem?

Conservation experts who support the proposal say it's a difficult but necessary plan that will help solve a problem that humans helped create.

In 1990, the northern spotted owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act after environmentalists fought to protect the bird's habitat from the logging industry. The threatened designation also means the Fish and Wildlife Service is legally required to protect the northern spotted owl.

But around the same time, the barred owl, originally native to the Eastern U.S., emerged as another threat as it moved West, encroaching on spotted owl territory. Human-driven habitat destruction spurred the barred owls to expand across the country, Catania says. Their move west has since displaced their "smaller, less aggressive cousins," the spotted owl, according to Cornell Lab of Ornithology .

Judge: Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws

The spotted owl's habitat — old-growth forests — has become "very patchy" due to deforestation and are accessible to the more adaptable barred owl, says Barrows , the UC Riverside conservation researcher.

"This is a problem that humans have created. This wasn't nature happening on its own," Barrows said.

The Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal, outlined in a draft report assessing its environmental impact, is the latest attempt in a more than two-decade effort to save the spotted owl from extinction. A decade ago , the FWS began a four-year experiment to kill up to 3,600 barred owls in the northwest. According to Barrows, this strategy "slowed down but didn't stop" the barred owl invasion.

The public comment period for the proposal closed in January. A final proposal is expected in this spring or summer, NBC News reported .

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Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban geoengineering, with allusions to 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory

The Tennessee state House of Representatives passed a bill Monday designed to prevent geoengineering, the practice of intentionally modifying the atmosphere to counteract global warming.

The bill, which had already passed in the state Senate, covers a variety of technological interventions. They include theoretical ideas about cooling the climate by an approach known as solar radiation modification, as well as more limited practices that affect the weather, like cloud seeding, a technique used to increase rain and snowfall. 

Most geoengineering options are theoretical and untested. Federal researchers have taken only a few small steps toward studying their feasibility, and atmospheric scientists say there is no evidence of any large-scale programs.

On its face, Tennessee’s bill represents an attempt to prevent experimentation with or deployment of such technologies. 

However, lawmakers’ discussions of the proposal toed a line between fact and fiction, with several suggesting that solar geoengineering projects are already underway and others referring to fears and misunderstandings that appeared to stem from the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory.

“This will be my wife’s favorite bill of the year. She has worried about this, I bet, 10 years. It’s been going on a long, long time,” Republican Sen. Frank Niceley said at a hearing about the bill last month. “If you look up — one day, it’ll be clear. The next day they will look like some angels have been playing tic-tac-toe. They’re everywhere. I’ve got pictures on my phone with X's right over my house. For years they denied they were doing anything.”

None of the six Senate sponsors responded to requests for comment. Niceley, who voted for the bill, also did not respond to a request for comment after the House vote. Rep. Monty Fritts, a Republican who sponsored the bill in the House, would agree only to an in-person interview, which NBC News was unable to arrange before the vote.

The chemtrails theory is a loose grouping of unfounded ideas that suggest planes are not making trails of condensation known as contrails but instead are spraying government-made chemicals to control people’s behavior or affect their bodies.

In recent years, some chemtrails conspiracy theories have evolved, with believers suggesting that contrails are actually aerosols designed to control the weather or the climate. The Tennessee Lookout, a nonprofit news organization, reported that Republican Sen. Steve Southerland, one of the sponsors, referred to the chemtrails theory when he presented his argument for the bill to a reporter. 

Justin Mankin, a climate scientist at Dartmouth College, said: “It’s conspiratorial nonsense. The challenge here is that the whole chemtrails conspiracy has blurred and subsumed all these distinct technologies with distinct aims, which makes it challenging to disentangle.”

The Tennessee Legislature is not alone in its effort to enact anti-geoengineering policy. Lawmakers in Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota have introduced or previewed similar bills. 

The trend suggests that a mix of conspiracy theories, confusion and genuine concern about the possibility of climate modification has taken hold in the public consciousness — and among some Republican lawmakers. 

“There are people in places like Tennessee and Pennsylvania and New Hampshire who are fearful that the chemtrails theory is correct,” Mankin said. “Policymakers, instead of relying on science to appropriately debunk conspiratorial belief, have rendered it legitimacy through legislative action.”

Josh Horton, a senior fellow who studies solar geoengineering policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, said that as far as he is aware, Tennessee is the first state to pass such a bill through both chambers of its legislature. 

If the governor signs it into law, the bill would prohibit the “intentional injection, release or dispersion” of chemicals into the atmosphere for the “express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight.” 

The bill claims that “it is documented that the federal government” or those working on its behalf can “conduct geoengineering experiments by intentionally dispersing chemicals into the atmosphere.”

A White House official said in an email that “the federal government is not involved in any outdoor testing or deployment of solar radiation management.” 

The official said the government “is engaged in a limited subset of research activities on this topic, including modeling, measurements and monitoring, and laboratory research.”

The Tennessee vote became contentious Monday evening. 

Rep. John Ray Clemmons, a Democrat, poked fun at the bill, attaching an amendment that mimicked its original language but suggested that geoengineering “may threaten the Sasquatch and its natural habitat.” His amendment failed. 

Another Democrat, Rep. Bo Mitchell, said: “It’s very appropriate this bill is on the calendar on April 1.”

However, Fritts, the House sponsor, pointed to federal funding for aerosol research as evidence of the government’s aims. 

“There is an intent and a plan,” he said. “I suspect that some of those that have these plans with the solar radiation modification intend to try to reflect the sun’s rays from the Earth by injecting these chemicals, chemical compounds, substances and apparatus into the upper atmosphere.”

It is not surprising that lawmakers would struggle with key concepts of geoengineering. The term is overarching and poorly defined, and many of the ideas that fall under its umbrella are little more than the back-of-napkin sketches of scientists dreaming of ways to reduce global warming. 

“It’s not fully formed. It doesn’t exist,” Horton said. “The terminology is all over the place.” 

The broad category includes solar geoengineering, which the Tennessee bill would ban. The term refers to activities like stratospheric aerosol injections, an untested theory that the planet could be cooled by spraying particles into the stratosphere from high-altitude aircraft. 

Other geoengineering concepts not mentioned in the bill include marine cloud brightening — using aerosols over the ocean in an effort to brighten clouds there — and cirrus cloud thinning, which refers to thinning certain icy clouds to allow more heat to escape Earth. 

Tennessee’s bill would also outlaw weather modification, like cloud seeding, a decades-old practice used in Western states to encourage precipitation.  

Some states regulate cloud seeding operations, which are usually small-scale efforts to increase snowfall in mountain ranges, but most other forms of geoengineering remain in a “regulatory Wild West,” Mankin said. 

Committee hearings about the legislation yielded a confusing mix of truth, innuendo and fiction.

Dr. Denise Sibley, an advocate for the bill who testified before both chambers, suggested that the federal government has been seeding chemicals in the atmosphere.

“There is no doubt that weather modification is taking place within our state,” Sibley said, adding: “We do not consent to the intentional blocking of the sun through the use of particulate aerosols and heavy metals.” 

She pointed Tennessee lawmakers to a 2023 White House report as evidence. The document discusses what a geoengineering research program could look like but does not outline an active program.

Sibley did not respond to requests for comment.

During the hearings, lawmakers also confused contrails with “chemtrails” and asked whether wildfires in Western states were caused by cloud seeding or whether geoengineering was causing a rise in cancer rates. 

Republican Rep. Bud Hulsey inquired about whether geoengineering was the reason for honeybees’ decline. 

“Absolutely — and it is the reason that the honeybees are going away,” replied David Perry, who was testifying in support of the bill and told the committee that he was a licensed health care provider of 40 years. “The microcosm that they live in is affected by these aerosols.” 

There is no evidence to support Perry’s assertion. A Tennessee chiropractor of the same name who matched the biographical information Perry gave during his testimony did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bees do face dire problems, including threats from pests , pesticides , reduced habitat and climate change.

“What you see is the mixing up and conflation of all these things — geoengineering is the same as weather modification is the same as chemtrails or contrails,” said Horton, who reviewed video of recent legislative testimony. 

State Sen. Heidi Campbell, a Democrat, voted against the bill.

“It’s alarming although quite common around here to see people just wholesale buying into these conspiracy theories,” Campbell said, adding that she believed the bill was a distraction from core climate issues. 

Mankin and Horton agreed that there are important conversations to have about how to guide and regulate research into solar geoengineering, which is controversial even among many scientists. 

“Is the Tennessee state Legislature the place to have that conversation?” Horton said. “Probably not.”

Evan Bush is a science reporter for NBC News. He can be reached at [email protected].