Carbon Emissions

Tianjin, known for its heavy industry and oil refineries, issued China's first blockchain-based carbon offset, as the country builds up its national carbon trading platform.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Jul 19, 2021 at 4:50 a.m. UTC

Jul 19, 2021

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Why China's Ban on Crypto Mining Is More Serious Than Before

Crypto mining is a small yet easy target for China’s efforts to realize carbon neutrality.

By David Pan

Jul 9, 2021 at 2:15 p.m. UTC

Jul 9, 2021

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One River Digital Asset Management Sees Rise in Institutional Demand for ‘Green Bitcoin’

One River Digital's index adds tokenized carbon credits as a premium to the bitcoin purchased.

By Edward Oosterbaan

Jun 9, 2021 at 9:33 p.m. UTC

Jun 9, 2021

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Rocky Mountain Institute Proposes Protocol to Track Climate Emissions

A new way to keep tabs on climate impacts within corporate supply chains, based on open-source ledger technology.

By Marc Johnson David Mann Paolo Natali

May 24, 2021 at 6:38 p.m. UTC

May 24, 2021

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Crypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral

The firm said it would pay a small percentage of fees to start offsetting carbon emissions.

By Daniel Palmer

May 21, 2021 at 10:05 a.m. UTC

May 21, 2021

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Bitcoin mining

Argo and DMG Join Group Working to Lower Bitcoin Miners' Carbon Emissions

The group's goal is net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from crypto miners by 2040.

By Tanzeel Akhtar

May 14, 2021 at 1:37 p.m. UTC

May 14, 2021

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Environment

Ford Finds Using Blockchain With Hybrid Vehicles Can Help Cut Air Pollution in Cities

The automaker's study used blockchain to record hybrid vehicles as they automatically shifted to low-emissions mode in restricted city zones.

By Tanzeel Akhtar

Dec 22, 2020 at 12:42 p.m. UTC

Dec 22, 2020

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Mining

WEF, Mining Giants Develop Blockchain Platform for Tracking Carbon Emissions

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has finalized a platform that tracks CO2 emissions during mining processes using blockchain.

By Sebastian Sinclair

Dec 15, 2020 at 1:03 p.m. UTC

Dec 15, 2020

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Ride-Sharing Giant Cabify to Track and Offset Carbon Emissions Using Blockchain Platform

Cabify, one of the world's largest ridesharing companies, is moving to offset its carbon emissions with the help of blockchain marketplace ClimateTrade.