Environment

(Enrique Macias/Unsplash)
Bitcoin Mining and the Politicization of a Once Reputable Federal Agency
The Department of Energy's statistics wing is feigning an "emergency" to attack legitimate U.S. businesses and score political points, Texas Blockchain Council President Lee B...
(Enrique Macias/Unsplash)

Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company's latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
The U.S. Government Seems to Be Closing in on Bitcoin Mining
A Department of Energy survey to collect data about crypto's energy consumption could be used to justify the stance that blockchain poses a “public harm.”
Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company's latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Swimming pool water (Aquilatin/Pixabay)
Bitcoin Going From Boiling the Oceans to Draining Them, According to Critic
A data scientist for the Dutch National Bank, Alex De Vries, claims every bitcoin transaction uses enough water to fill a swimming pool.
Swimming pool water (Aquilatin/Pixabay)

The EU is worried about crypto's energy use (Steve Buissinne / Pixabay)
EU Seeks More Data on Crypto’s ‘Significant’ Environmental Harm
The bloc’s executive arm is spending $842K on a study as it mulls what to do about energy-hungry proof-of-work technology
The EU is worried about crypto's energy use (Steve Buissinne / Pixabay)

(Moritz Mentges/ Unsplash)
Top 3 Crypto Myths Tackled for Advisors
Christopher Jensen from Franklin Templeton tackles myths about crypto in today’s Crypto for Advisors newsletter.
(Moritz Mentges/ Unsplash)

(Simon Wilkes/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Save a Tree, Use Web3
Distributed technologies can reshape supply chains, and help consumers and businesses to make more responsible decisions.
(Simon Wilkes/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Image from Robert F. Kennedy Junior’s 2024 campaign website (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.)
Longtime Environmentalist RFK Jr. Not So Sure Bitcoin Is Boiling the Oceans
The environmental argument against bitcoin "should not be used as a smokescreen to curtail freedom to transact," U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr sa...
Image from Robert F. Kennedy Junior’s 2024 campaign website (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.)

Gideon Powell, who runs the family business Cholla Mining, sees bitcoin miners as modern day wildcatters. (Gideon Powell)
‘We’re Compute Cowboys’: Gideon Powell on the Pioneer Spirit Driving Bitcoin Mining
An interview with the CEO of Cholla Inc., an oil & gas exploration company that’s investing in bitcoin mining.
Gideon Powell, who runs the family business Cholla Mining, sees bitcoin miners as modern day wildcatters. (Gideon Powell)

wind farm on the water
Revenue Constraints Will Drive Bitcoin Mining to Sustainability
Proof-of-work mining has a place in global renewable energy adoption. But its larger role is ensuring economic freedom and liberty if nations are destabilized by climatic pres...
wind farm on the water

nature, field, sun, grass, rune
Web3 Could Revolutionize Climate Finance
Grassroots crypto initiatives can close the "climate funding gap," incentivize a new generation of climate projects and help finance the optimistic ideas for fighting climate...
nature, field, sun, grass, rune