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Jul 18, 2023

Greenpeace USA Exposes BlackRock and JPMorgan Chase CEO’s Affair With Climate Wrecking Bitcoin...

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Jul 11, 2023

Can banks push Bitcoin to clean up its act?

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Jul 11, 2023

Climate Pledges vs. Bitcoin Investments: Unveiling the $1.5 Billion Dollar Climate Bomb

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Jun 7, 2023

Sharing in Climate Chaos: Asset Managers and Banks’ Investment Prop up Climate-Polluting Bitcoin...

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May 18, 2023

As the Finance Industry Ups Investment in Crypto, It Can’t Ignore Banking or Climate Volatility

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May 9, 2023

Washington passes climate goals for crypto and data centers

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May 3, 2023

The DAME Tax: Making Cryptominers Pay for Costs They Impose on Others

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May 3, 2023

Crypto foes gird to stop mines from ‘spreading like cancer’

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Apr 26, 2023

Bitcoin is terrible for the environment – can it ever go green?

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Apr 18, 2023

Bitcoin just broke through the $30,000 level. But it continues to be dogged by environmental...

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Apr 11, 2023

Ethereum’s Shanghai Update Opens a Rift in Crypto

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Apr 10, 2023

The Real World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

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Apr 6, 2023

Proof of problems: Bitcoin mining’s pollution devastates communities across the U.S.

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Apr 5, 2023

Crypto Mining Environmental Scrutiny Persists Through Price Drop

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Mar 28, 2023

Greenpeace USA unveils "Skull of Satoshi" outside Fidelity's NYC offices to highlight Bitcoin...

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Mar 23, 2023

Artist Benjamin Von Wong & Greenpeace Unveil Giant Skull to Highlight Bitcoin’s Climate Impact

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Mar 3, 2023

SEN. MARKEY, REP. HUFFMAN ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON CRYPTO ENERGY CONSUMPTION AS MARKEY...

Mar 2, 2023

Ethereum moved to proof of stake. Why can’t Bitcoin?

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Feb 7, 2023

Biden administration acknowledges it can force Bitcoin mines to disclose pollution

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Feb 3, 2023

American financial institutions are providing a lifeline to Bitcoin while it kills the climate

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Feb 3, 2023

Bitcoin miner ‘greenwashing’: Claims that nuclear-powered crypto operation is clean energy

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Jan 25, 2023

Seneca Lake Advocates File Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Against Greenidge Crypto Mining Operations

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Jan 19, 2023

Pennsylvania Environmental Groups Urge the DEP to Stop Climate-Killing Cryptomining in Elk County...

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Jan 13, 2023

Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging New York Public Service Commission’s Approval of...

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Jan 5, 2023

Crypto Island: The End podcast

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Dec 14, 2022

Companies need to fix, not ignore, crypto’s growing climate impact

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Dec 9, 2022

Greenpeace Applauds the Introduction of a Crypto Transparency Bill

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Dec 8, 2022

Oversight of cryptocurrency — particularly its environmental impacts is long overdue

Dec 7, 2022

EWG applauds bicameral legislation to address crypto mining’s climate and energy impacts

Dec 1, 2022

Mastercard Is Called on to Reverse a Decision that Will Enable Bitcoin to Continue its Climate...

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Nov 29, 2022

Bitcoin Facts and Myths

Nov 29, 2022

After the #CryptoCrash, Will Bitcoin’s Climate Crash Next?

Nov 23, 2022

EWG applauds Hochul for enacting first-in-U.S. freeze on cryptocurrency mining

Nov 23, 2022

Governor Hochul Signs Precedent-Setting Cryptomining Moratorium

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Nov 21, 2022

EPA Acknowledges Plans to Look at Crypto Energy Usage, Emissions

Oct 24, 2022

Biden administration should follow EU’s lead on curbing bitcoin’s excessive electricity use

Oct 14, 2022

Change the Code, Not the Climate’s Campaign to Clean Up Bitcoin Gets Boost from Lawmakers Led by...

Sep 29, 2022

Economic estimation of Bitcoin mining’s climate damages demonstrates closer resemblance to digital...

Sep 27, 2022

A deep dive into Bitcoin’s environmental impact

Sep 23, 2022

Earthjustice and Sierra Club Release Comprehensive Guide to Environmental Impacts of Cryptomining

Sep 15, 2022

Climate groups to bitcoin: Cut the pollution, and the B.S.

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Jul 15, 2022

Congressional investigation finds U.S. crypto miners consume enough electricity to power Houston

Jul 13, 2022

In bid to protect state’s power grid from collapse, energy-sapping Texas bitcoin miners paid to...

Jun 30, 2022

New York State Denies Air Pollution Permit for Fossil Fuel-burning Crypto mining operation, Citing...

Jun 4, 2022

Inside the Environmentalist Campaign to Change Bitcoin’s Code

Jun 3, 2022

A Moratorium on Crypto Mining in New York Could Lead to Environmental Wins Nationwide

Jun 2, 2022

Crypto Miners’ Energy, Climate Costs Draw White House Scrutiny

May 9, 2022

Groups Around U.S. Urge Biden Administration to Address Cryptocurrency Mining’s Energy, Climate...

May 9, 2022

Biden administration must rein in electricity-intensive cryptocurrency mining to meet climate goals

May 5, 2022

EWG, others urge New York Senate to pass two-year pause on fossil-fuel intensive bitcoin mining

May 2, 2022

Iowa Bitcoin Mining Facility Uses More Power Than Town Residents

Apr 11, 2022

The local environmental disasters that inconvenience bitcoin’s apologists

Apr 7, 2022

A code change could slash crypto energy use, so why is it not being used?

Mar 30, 2022

Greenpeace USA Exposes BlackRock and JPMorgan Chase CEO’s Affair With Climate Wrecking Bitcoin...

Can banks push Bitcoin to clean up its act?

Climate Pledges vs. Bitcoin Investments: Unveiling the $1.5 Billion Dollar Climate Bomb

Sharing in Climate Chaos: Asset Managers and Banks’ Investment Prop up Climate-Polluting Bitcoin...

As the Finance Industry Ups Investment in Crypto, It Can’t Ignore Banking or Climate Volatility

Washington passes climate goals for crypto and data centers

The DAME Tax: Making Cryptominers Pay for Costs They Impose on Others

Crypto foes gird to stop mines from ‘spreading like cancer’

Bitcoin is terrible for the environment – can it ever go green?

Bitcoin just broke through the $30,000 level. But it continues to be dogged by environmental...

Ethereum’s Shanghai Update Opens a Rift in Crypto

The Real World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

Proof of problems: Bitcoin mining’s pollution devastates communities across the U.S.

Crypto Mining Environmental Scrutiny Persists Through Price Drop

Greenpeace USA unveils "Skull of Satoshi" outside Fidelity's NYC offices to highlight Bitcoin...

Artist Benjamin Von Wong & Greenpeace Unveil Giant Skull to Highlight Bitcoin’s Climate Impact

SEN. MARKEY, REP. HUFFMAN ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON CRYPTO ENERGY CONSUMPTION AS MARKEY...

Ethereum moved to proof of stake. Why can’t Bitcoin?

Biden administration acknowledges it can force Bitcoin mines to disclose pollution

American financial institutions are providing a lifeline to Bitcoin while it kills the climate

Bitcoin miner ‘greenwashing’: Claims that nuclear-powered crypto operation is clean energy

Seneca Lake Advocates File Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Against Greenidge Crypto Mining Operations

Pennsylvania Environmental Groups Urge the DEP to Stop Climate-Killing Cryptomining in Elk County...

Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging New York Public Service Commission’s Approval of...

Crypto Island: The End podcast

Companies need to fix, not ignore, crypto’s growing climate impact

Greenpeace Applauds the Introduction of a Crypto Transparency Bill

Oversight of cryptocurrency — particularly its environmental impacts is long overdue

EWG applauds bicameral legislation to address crypto mining’s climate and energy impacts

Mastercard Is Called on to Reverse a Decision that Will Enable Bitcoin to Continue its Climate...

Bitcoin Facts and Myths

After the #CryptoCrash, Will Bitcoin’s Climate Crash Next?

EWG applauds Hochul for enacting first-in-U.S. freeze on cryptocurrency mining

Governor Hochul Signs Precedent-Setting Cryptomining Moratorium

EPA Acknowledges Plans to Look at Crypto Energy Usage, Emissions

Biden administration should follow EU’s lead on curbing bitcoin’s excessive electricity use

Change the Code, Not the Climate’s Campaign to Clean Up Bitcoin Gets Boost from Lawmakers Led by...

Economic estimation of Bitcoin mining’s climate damages demonstrates closer resemblance to digital...

A deep dive into Bitcoin’s environmental impact

Earthjustice and Sierra Club Release Comprehensive Guide to Environmental Impacts of Cryptomining

Climate groups to bitcoin: Cut the pollution, and the B.S.

Congressional investigation finds U.S. crypto miners consume enough electricity to power Houston

In bid to protect state’s power grid from collapse, energy-sapping Texas bitcoin miners paid to...

New York State Denies Air Pollution Permit for Fossil Fuel-burning Crypto mining operation, Citing...

Inside the Environmentalist Campaign to Change Bitcoin’s Code

A Moratorium on Crypto Mining in New York Could Lead to Environmental Wins Nationwide

Crypto Miners’ Energy, Climate Costs Draw White House Scrutiny

Groups Around U.S. Urge Biden Administration to Address Cryptocurrency Mining’s Energy, Climate...

Biden administration must rein in electricity-intensive cryptocurrency mining to meet climate goals

EWG, others urge New York Senate to pass two-year pause on fossil-fuel intensive bitcoin mining

Iowa Bitcoin Mining Facility Uses More Power Than Town Residents

The local environmental disasters that inconvenience bitcoin’s apologists

A code change could slash crypto energy use, so why is it not being used?

Green groups lead effort to clean up bitcoin’s code