Senator Elizabeth Warren from the Democratic Party in the USA sent a letter to Bitcoin miner Greenidge to obtain information about the environmental impact of the company’s activities.
Senator Warren wrote in a letter addressed to Greenidge’s CEO, Jeffrey Kirt, that the company’s efforts to produce Bitcoin climate change, the environment in the region and applied by electricity companies. retail sales tariffs He asked for information as to whether it was affected or not.
In the letter, “Given the extraordinarily high levels of electricity consumption and carbon emissions associated with Bitcoin mining, the impact of Greenidge and other facilities on the global environment, local ecosystems and consumers’ electricity costs. raises anxiety” statement was included.
Greenidge has drawn the reaction of citizens in the region this year due to the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the facility it operates in New York and its effects on Seneca Lake in the region. After the reactions, the company made moves such as getting carbon credits.
Senator Warren requests information on how much carbon dioxide the plant in New York emits, how much electricity it consumes annually, from which company the company purchased the carbon credits, and a few other things.
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