Climate Change

Down With Greenwashing
Down With Greenwashing
Host Joel Flynn discusses blockchain’s role in fighting climate change. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
Down With Greenwashing

(Sid Jha)
dClimate: Smart Contracts for the Warming World
dClimate’s Sid Jha, a speaker at CoinDesk’s IDEAS conference, is a decentralized marketplace for climate-related data.
(Sid Jha)

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow-appointed heads of four Ukrainian regions partially occupied by Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Sept. 30, 2022, in Moscow. (Contributor#8523328/Getty Images)
Deglobalization Is Happening. Crypto Is Part of the Answer
The rise of a common global financial infrastructure will continue as the international landscape becomes even more fragmented by war and disaster.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow-appointed heads of four Ukrainian regions partially occupied by Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Sept. 30, 2022, in Moscow. (Contributor#8523328/Getty Images)

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Blockchains, Climate Change and the Trading of Carbon Credits
The excitement around the new Web3 Stack, the ReFi ecosystem and carbon system for a healthier climate.
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The Greenidge Generation facility in Dresden, New York. (CoinDesk)
New York Environmental Regulators Deny Greenidge’s Power Plant Permit
Greenidge Generation has been in hot water with environmentalists for its use of fossil fuels to power its bitcoin mining operation on New York’s Seneca Lake.
The Greenidge Generation facility in Dresden, New York. (CoinDesk)

The White House (Getty Images/Caroline Purser)
US and EU Look to Blockchain to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council’s Climate and Clean Tech working group announced its aims in a joint document published Monday.
The White House (Getty Images/Caroline Purser)

New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Larry Lee Photography/Getty Images)
Crypto Mining Moratorium Faces Stiff Headwinds in Albany
The New York State Assembly voted to pass the bill last week, but a fresh wave of opposition from industry and lawmakers alike could make the Senate battle much more difficult...
New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Larry Lee Photography/Getty Images)

The registration line for ETHDenver stretches down the block on Thursday, February 17, 2022 (David Z. Morris/CoinDesk)
ETHDenver Shows Not All Crypto Communities Are the Same
In a day focused on reforming economics and society, ETHheads discussed "public goods," Schelling Points and how DAOs can return power to the people.
The registration line for ETHDenver stretches down the block on Thursday, February 17, 2022 (David Z. Morris/CoinDesk)

Costa Rica (Sterlinglanier Lanier/Unsplash)
Chia Network to Help Costa Rican Government Track Climate Change
The blockchain and smart transaction platform will supply technical services for the Central American country’s climate change metrics system.
Costa Rica (Sterlinglanier Lanier/Unsplash)

Cambridge University to Build Carbon Credit Marketplace on Blockchain
Cambridge University to Build Carbon Credit Marketplace on Blockchain
The University of Cambridge is developing a blockchain-based market on the sustainable Tezos network for trading carbon credits, which will support reforestation projects to p...
Cambridge University to Build Carbon Credit Marketplace on Blockchain