China Wins the Gold Medal in Rain Control

Written by Jennifer Lance
Published on April 10th, 2008
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Posted in ecoscraps

533266226_dd979eaa90.jpgThe Chinese plan to use cloud seeding to prevent rain during the Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremonies. The chances of rain on Aug. 8 are close to 50%.

Source: LA Times

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    Bush Will Go to Beijing Olympics; Obama Affirms Boycott : EcoWorldly said on July 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    [...] China Wins the Gold Medal in Rain Control [...]

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    Olympics Raise Questions over China said on July 25th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    [...] air pollution problem in Beijing. The cash has been spent on shutting down factories, unleashing cloud seeders to encourage rain, and now, on paying people to not drive their cars. Beginning today in Beijing, cars with license [...]

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    A US Blockade of Iran Would Cause an Energy Crisis : Red, Green, and Blue said on August 13th, 2008 at 2:28 am

    [...] to our RSS feed and stay up to date.As Russia is focused on Georgia, and China is focused on the Olympics (two countries that might oppose further sanctions against Iran), the US is amassing its largest [...]

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    minimise me said on September 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Still it rained during the track and field events

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