Environment

Ford

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

Tanzeel AkhtarDec 22, 2020

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

Year in Review 2020

Beyond ASICs: 3 Trends Driving Bitcoin Mining Innovation

Nangeng ZhangDec 18, 2020

The bitcoin mining industry needs to find answers to its environmental and geographical threats, says Canaan's CEO.

Bitcoin

Blockchain Bites: ‘Crowded’ Crypto Traders, Ether All-Time High, the Bitcoin Battery Proposal

Daniel KuhnJan 19, 2021

Bitcoin's environmental impact has become top focus for some critics as traders go "long BTC" and Dunamu reveals a “fear and greed” index.

Environment

French Fashion Brand Adds Blockchain Tracking to Clothes Made From Ocean Plastic

Ian AllisonDec 16, 2020

True Tribe is using the Ethereum-based SUKU protocol to track the provenance of clothing made from recycled ocean trash.

Carbon Credits

Blockchain Coalition Launches Tradable Carbon Credit Token

Ian AllisonDec 1, 2020

The UPCO2 token represents a certified measure of carbon dioxide and can be traded, held or burned to offset an individual’s carbon footprint.

Environment

Ripple

Energy Web Is Starting With Ripple in Its Bid to Make Crypto Provably Green

Ian Allison

The non-profit is teaming up with Ripple and the XRP Foundation to show how blockchain ecosystems can be carbon-neutral.

Brazil

World’s Biggest Meat Processor to Tackle Amazon Deforestation Using Blockchain Tech

Daniel Palmer

JBS S.A. aims to track all of its cattle suppliers on a blockchain system by 2025.

Climate Change

Why Tech-Minded Climate Groups See COVID-19 as a Trial Run for Massive Change

Ian Allison

Reaching the Paris Agreement's lofty climate goals will require the decentralization of decision-making at all levels, say INATBA and others.

ESG

Can Bitcoin Survive the Climate Change Revolution?

Ian Allison

If ESG is becoming the new buzzword among impact-minded financial institutions, where does energy-intensive bitcoin fit in?

Environment

7 Mining Heavyweights Partner With WEF on Blockchain Sourcing Initiative

William Foxley

The World Economic Forum is building a blockchain-based sustainable sourcing project with 7 metal and mining industry firms on board.

Environment

Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal to Help Protect Amazon

William Foxley

Executive director Suzanne Pelletier told CoinDesk old school philanthropy isn’t making the cut, necessitating new donation methods.

Environment

$100K Crypto Donation to Amazon Rainforest Charity Blocked By BitPay

Daniel Palmer

A large donation to a non-profit working to protect the Amazon rainforest has been blocked by compliance hurdles at crypto payments firm BitPay.