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Unveiling Bitcoin’s Water Consumption with Alex de Vries
Alex de Vries, the researcher behind a groundbreaking report that exposes Bitcoin’s water consumption, spoke with Greenpeace USA to discuss the findings of this hidden ecological cost of Bitcoin mining.…
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Impacted Communities and Enviro Advocates React to New Report Showing Cryptomining’s Massive Water Consumption
US Bitcoin mining consumes as much water as 300,000 households or Washington, D.C. An aerial view of the Bitdeer Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas. Bitcoin mining operations in Rockdale,…
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Polluting Bitcoin mines come to rural Georgia
Cleanspark’s Bitcoin boom in rural Georgia, backed by Wall Street giants, raises environmental and social concerns challenging the promised benefits to rural communities.
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Texan Activists To Bitcoin Miners: Don’t Mess with Texas’ Water and Electricity
In a resounding call to action, activists, environmentalists, and concerned Texans have come together for a week-long campaign aimed at challenging the environmental repercussions of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining…
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Riot Platforms: The Company Behind the Most Energy Intensive Bitcoin Mine in the U.S.
Summary Riot Platforms is leading the polluting Bitcoin boom in Texas. The company operates the largest, and one of most energy and carbon-intensive, Bitcoin mines in the U.S. at their…
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Visa is Bringing Bitcoin Pollution Everywhere You Want to Be
Visa is just about everywhere with its credit and debit card offerings accepted by millions of merchants around the globe and used by millions of people to make their daily…
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Citigroup Funds Bitcoin Pollution
Citigroup, one of the largest funders of fossil fuels in the world, is investing in yet another fossil fuel lifeline – Bitcoin. Citi has been expanding its presence in the…
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Riot Bitcoin Mines profits $31.7M While Texans Suffer Extreme Heat
While Texans suffered from record-breaking extreme heat this summer and sky-high electricity bills, Riot Platforms, a Bitcoin mining company, was getting paid by Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for…
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Kentucky Takes a Bold Step Against Bitcoin Mining
Across the country, Bitcoin mining companies have tried to make families foot the bill for Bitcoin’s enormous energy consumption. Kentucky regulators’ recent decision to reject a cryptocurrency mining subsidy sends …
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Bitcoin ETF’s False ESG Claims
This decision could pave the way for new investment products that further impede efforts to meet our climate goals. Before jumping on the Bitcoin ETF bandwagon, financial institutions need to…
