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Greenpeace Partners With Activist Artist To Highlight Bitcoin’s Climate Impact
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Energy
Greenpeace Partners With Activist Artist To Highlight Bitcoin’s Climate Impact
Environmental organization Greenpeace International commissioned an art piece called the "Skull of Satoshi" designed to expose the Bitcoin network's climate impact, but Bitcoi...
Greenpeace Partners With Activist Artist To Highlight Bitcoin’s Climate Impact
By CoinDesk Inc
Mar 24, 2023 at 5:37 p.m. UTC
Mar 24, 2023
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Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Finance
Immersion-cooling
Immersion Cooling Firm LiquidStack Secures Series B Funding to Build Manufacturing in U.S.
The company says it can reduce the carbon footprint and land and water use of bitcoin miners through its technology.
Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
By Eliza Gkritsi
Mar 22, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2023
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Podcasts
Money reimagined
The Energy Crisis: Can Mining Help?
Current energy sources pose several challenges, including grid instability, energy transmission and storage, and harmful byproducts. So what could be our solutions?
Money Reimagined Podcast Cover
By Michael J. CaseySheila WarrenWilliam Foxley
Mar 10, 2023 at 3:22 p.m. UTC
Mar 10, 2023
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The Itaipu dam (Jonas de Carvalho/Flickr)
Finance
Bitcoin mining
Canadian Crypto Miner Pow.re Lands 100 MW Contract in Paraguay
The site is built in the Yguazu region, near the giant Itaipu dam.
The Itaipu dam (Jonas de Carvalho/Flickr)
By Eliza Gkritsi
Mar 8, 2023 at 11:10 a.m. UTC
Mar 8, 2023
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Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is cosponsoring a bill to mandate that crypto miners disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for We The 45 Million)
Policy
Regulations
U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Force Crypto Miners to Disclose Emissions
The bill also requires the EPA to study the effect crypto mining has on the environment.
Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is cosponsoring a bill to mandate that crypto miners disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for We The 45 Million)
By Nikhilesh De
Mar 3, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 3, 2023
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Bitcoin mining rigs at work (Cipher Mining)
Policy
Montana
Montana Senate Passes Bill Protecting Crypto Miners
The legislation will likely upend a Missoula county zoning law that was one of the first in the U.S. to target the mining industry.
Bitcoin mining rigs at work (Cipher Mining)
By Eliza Gkritsi
Feb 23, 2023 at 10:10 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2023
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(Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)
Finance
Mining
CEO of Canadian Utility That Proposed Banning New Power to Crypto Miners Exits
Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu will officially step down in April after three years leading the company.
(Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)
By Aoyon Ashraf
Jan 24, 2023 at 5:55 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2023
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Retired Bitmain ASICs at Kryptovault's facility in Norway. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Finance
Europe
Europe’s Last Bitcoin Mining Refuge Is No Longer Viable
Miners moved to northern Norway and Sweden to avoid high energy costs. Now, power prices are surging there, too.
Retired Bitmain ASICs at Kryptovault's facility in Norway. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
By Eliza Gkritsi
Dec 22, 2022 at 3:18 p.m. UTC
Dec 22, 2022
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