Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
Cloud seeding can fight droughts and save farms, but conspiracy theories almost got it banned in 31 states.
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That’s when Augustus Doricko, founder of Rainmaker, started flying across the country to testify, explain the science, and push back against misinformation. The result? In places like Montana, bans turned into support, including funding for cloud seeding programs.
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Cloud seeding can fight droughts and save farms, but conspiracy theories almost got it banned in 31 states.
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That’s when Augustus Doricko, founder of Rainmaker, started flying across the country to testify, explain the science, and push back against misinformation. The result? In places like Montana, bans turned into support, including funding for cloud seeding programs.
Startups can do more than make tech work, they make society ready for it.
