The name of the company that is is working with the American businessman Russ George has come to light and they are claiming that they had the knowledge and consent of the Canadian government to go ahead with their massive geoengineering project. The company is called the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation (HSRC) and they seeded the pacific ocean with 100 tons of iron sulfate back in July.
HSRC claims that multiple departments within the Canadian Government have known about the project for years. According to The Toronto Star, " 'If this (experiment) happened, it would be in violation of Canada’s Environment Protection Act,” Peter Kent, the Minister of Environment, told the Star. He declined to comment on allegations that Environment Canada was aware if it but did not stop it." HSRC also claims to have been in contact with the U.N. and that they approved a small scale iron seeding project.
Science blog io9.com points out that the are effected by the project is 3,861 square miles, which hardly seems small. Io9.com also points out that the likely motivation for George and HSRC is carbon credits. Quebec has a cap and trade carbon emissions management system. IO9.com surmises that if the experiment goes the way the George and HSRC want it to they will try to get carbon credits from Quebec when their program begins in January, they would then sell these carbon credits to carbon producing industries for a profit.
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