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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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New Report Finds Large, Mainstream Financial Firms are Financing Bitcoin’s Carbon Emissions
Top 5 firms are responsible for the equivalent annual emissions of 400,000 cars on U.S. roadways Greenpeace USA releases an innovative report, Bankrolling Bitcoin Pollution: How Big Finance Supports a…
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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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Bitcoin’s E-Waste Problem is Hiding in Plain Sight
As the popularity of Bitcoin mining and investments continues to surge, concerns over its environmental impact are mounting. The upcoming Bitcoin “halving” event that reduces the Bitcoin awarded to miners…
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Greenpeace USA Report Reveals the Puppet Masters Behind Bitcoin’s Expansion
Greenpeace USA research reveals the intricate web linking the Bitcoin mining industry with the fossil fuel and other polluting industry groups and climate denialists that oppose needed action to address…
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Mining for power: connection between Bitcoin miners, corporate interest groups, and climate deniers
Introduction Greenpeace USA research reveals how the Bitcoin mining industry is interconnected with the fossil fuel and other polluting industry groups and climate denialists that oppose needed action to address…
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Bitcoin Miners Oppose Energy Data Collection To Conceal Impacts
Bitcoin miners and industry groups oppose data collection to conceal energy usage and its impact on communities and the climate. Washington, DC (February 29, 2024) – Last month, the Energy…
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BlackRock Is Now Among the Largest Holders of Polluting Bitcoin
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and one of the world’s largest financiers of climate destroying fossil fuels, has just dived headlong into climate-destroying Bitcoin. Early in January, the U.S.…
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Greenpeace USA Commends the EIA’s Move to Collect Crypto Mining Energy Data
Greenpeace USA commends the EIA’s announcement on collecting data on energy use by Bitcoin mines in the U.S. Washington DC (February 1, 2024) – Yesterday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
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New Bitcoin ETFs Will Make it Easier to Invest in Climate Destruction
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approves Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) despite widespread concerns about Bitcoins pollution. Washington, DC (January 10, 2024) – In response to the U.S.…
