Arkansas will pass a new law that protects miners from being singled out for regulations, and counties want to crack down on the noise before it’s too late.

Environmental organizations led by Greenpeace, Environmental Working Group and Earthjustice filed comments Monday with the White House, urging the Biden administration to act to reduce the greenhouse...

Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price.

Cryptocurrency bankruptcies and worries over electric power consumption have failed to dent the industry's growth in Texas, according to a top trade group, citing the rise in the miners' power...

Coal is the environmental problem that keeps finding ways to harm communities across this state, with proof of work bitcoin mining creating another way to pollute as crypto companies look to waste...

In recent years, data centres have consumed 0.9% of global electricity, and bitcoin mining alone 0.5%. This column looks at the real effects of technology processing on local economies. The authors...

The environmental toll of Bitcoin could be even higher this year than last.

The debate about the environmental footprint of bitcoin mining has mainly revolved around electricity consumption. However, the issue of Bitcoin's environmental footprint is more nuanced and complex,...

Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a two-year moratorium on an energy-intensive form of cryptocurrency mining into law.

What crypto winter meant for the industry’s pollution problem

Sen. Ed Markey will lead the hearing and reintroduce legislation, his office tells Axios.

Electricity-intensive mining of the cryptocurrency bitcoin harms communities across the U.S. with air, climate, waste, water and noise pollution, a new Environmental Working Group investigation finds.

As Bitcoin miners flock to the state, they’re piling massive extra electricity demand on an already shaky power system. But according to them, they’re helping, not hurting it.

The Texas grid operator expects crypto miners to increase electricity demand by up to 6 gigawatts by mid-2023, more than enough to power every home in Houston.

Tax breaks and other financial incentives for bitcoin mines using proof of work have created what one opponent calls a “Wild West” of operations flooding Kentucky, with unfulfilled promises that the...

"This report vividly shows how proof-of-work crypto-mining operations are contributing to increased air, water, and noise pollution in many communities across the U.S."

Since China banned Bitcoin mining plants in 2021, they’ve been popping up across America and causing major disruption.

Experts warn Paraguay may face nationwide energy troubles thanks to an increase in unregulated bitcoin mining.

Most Texans have seen their electricity bills jump $40 a month on average since mining.

Crypto operations in the U.S. now consume as much energy as all home computers or all residential lighting do, the White House said in a report.

Bitcoin uses enormous amounts of power, and it’s heating up the planet.

Environmental damage of producing cryptocurrency averages 35% of its market value over past five years

Climate change’s market understanding suggests that cryptocurrency mining increases sea levels and energy costs

Crypto mining for bitcoin uses a TON of energy, as much as whole countries, like Argentina and Sweden. The vast majority of bitcoin mining is still powered by fossil fuel generation – contributing an...

Cyndie Roberson finally had her dream home here. But the arrival of several crypto mines in this small community brought with it blaring high-pitched noise 24 hours a day, seven days a week – and it...

Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.

The plant's air permit application was denied after community members fought back, with help from Earthjustice.