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US regulator again delays decision on eco-friendly Bitcoin ETF

DIGIT — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:51:37 +0000

The carbon-offset Bitcoin ETF has been waiting on regulators since December 2023.

Stop the Presses: Criticism Against the New York Times Mounts as Newspaper Is Accused of Killing 59 Million Trees Annually

DIGIT — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:30:13 +0000

After the New York Times (NYT) published an editorial about bitcoin mining, claiming the industry is harmful to the environment, an organization called Stop the Presses took issue with the Times’ paper usage. Stop the Presses launched a social media campaign against the NYT’s newspaper production. The organization’s website, nytimesup.org, alleges that the company “kills […]

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Environmental Impact of AI Models Takes Center Stage Amid Criticism Against Bitcoin Mining

DIGIT — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:04:56 +0000

While bitcoin’s effect on the environment has been discussed at length over the last two years, the latest trend of artificial intelligence (AI) software is now being criticized for its carbon footprint. According to several headlines and academic papers this year, AI consumes significant electricity and leverages copious amounts of water to cool data centers. […]

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US Lawmakers Call for More Oversight of Cryptocurrency’s Environmental Impacts

DIGIT — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:00:09 +0000

Twenty-three U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase oversight of cryptocurrency’s environmental impacts. “We request that the EPA evaluate ‘Proof-of-Work’ mining facilities’ compliance with environmental statutes,” they said. Lawmakers Want More Oversight of Bitcoin Mining Industry U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 22 other Congress members jointly sent a […]

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KPMG unveils blockchain solution to track climate emissions

DIGIT — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:04:50 +0000

As organizations come under pressure to ramp up climate change policies, accounting giant KPMG has launched a new blockchain-based solution.

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