All articles by Nick Smith
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Bankrolling Bitcoin pollution: How Big Finance supports a new climate threat
Bitcoin mining has grown into a big commercial industry dominated by publicly traded companies that operate large-scale mining facilities that often use as much electricity as a small city. In…
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The fossil fuel industry ramps up efforts to avoid accountability for climate impacts in court, while simultaneously suing environmental organizations and activists
The Supreme Court as Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman to serve on the high court. Jackson, a former public…
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Countries Say No to Energy Guzzling Bitcoin Mines
Countries around the world are realizing that energy-intensive Bitcoin mining brings serious environmental and economic risks and are taking steps to limit, or even ban, the industry. The rapid growth…
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Let’s Get Real: The True Cost of Plastic
Once again, the plastics industry is at it, spewing lies to protect its profits while our health, our communities, and the planet suffer. Industry leaders recently sent a letter to…