Delhi has taken an “unprecedented, science-first step” by using cloud seeding to control air pollution, said Delhi environment minister Manjinder Sigh Sirsa on October 29. “With every [cloud seeding] trial, science guides our actions—for the winter and all year round,” he added.But here’s how science does not guide the Delhi government’s actions: it’s a story of fudged and disappearing data, questionable numbers, and short-term, bandaid solutions.