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White House Warns That Crypto Mining Is Endangering US Climate Efforts – crypto.news
In a new report released on Thursday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy urged the U.S. to conduct extensive research on the energy implications of cryptocurrency mining to develo...
White House science office looks at crypto’s effect on climate, despite scarce data
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has weighed in on the environmental and energy impact of crypto assets in the United States, finding that crypto makes a significant cont...
Measuring climate investment risk is capitalism
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire businessman and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the investing behemoth Blac...
White House Fears Crypto Mining Threatens Climate Change Efforts
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy today issued a report that highlights the negative effects of cryptocurrency production. The report has expressed concern that the mining of cry...
Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 1: Recent Events.
In Palm Springs, California, a rainbow forms behind giant windmills and traffic on Interstate 10. Getty Images Energy security in the now. The Covid pandemic stifled industrial activity. When business...
Bitcoin Mining Threatens America’s Climate Change Efforts, White House Science and Tech Department Says – Bitcoin News
The Biden administration is concerned about digital currency mining operations affecting climate change, after the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report that says politicians...
Crypto mining could hinder battle against climate change: White House
An array of bitcoin mining units inside a container at a Cleanspark facility in College Park, Georgia, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House Offi...
Bitcoin is pinned below $20K as the macro climate stifles hope for a sustainable BTC bull run
Bitcoin (BTC) crashed below $19,000 on Sept. 6, driving the price to its lowest level in 80 days. The movement not only completely erased the entirety of the 32% gains accrued from July until Aug. 15,...
White House fears crypto production might hinder climate change efforts
The White House has expressed concern that the production of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) may have a negative effect on the environment, which might thwart efforts by the United States to ta...
Mercedes-Benz, Rivian partner on EV commercial vans in Europe
Production of electric Amazon delivery vans on April 11, 2022 at Rivian’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Mercedes-Benz and Rivian said Thursday they are planning a joint venture to...
Jeep announces all-electric Wrangler-inspired SUV, new EVs by 2025
Electric Jeep Recon SUV Jeep DETROIT – Jeep plans to launch four new all-electric SUVs in North America by 2025, including a luxury Grand Wagoneer and a Wrangler-inspired off-road vehicle called the R...
Decades Of Human Progress Set Back By Covid, Climate Change And Ukraine War, UN Warns
Topline Global crises like the Covid-19 pandemic, worsening climate change and the war in Ukraine have started to reverse decades of human progress in education, life expectancy and standards of livin...
Risky move or climate nirvana?
Mainstream outlets are starting to pick up on the significance of next week’s Ethereum Merge, describing it as a “major overhaul” that could either accelerate crypto adoption or send disastrous shockw...
New Fed banking chief targeting crypto and climate change as top priorities
President Joe Biden will nominate Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s top regulator in charge of big banks. Barr, who served as assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions durin...
California avoids widespread rolling blackouts as heat strains grid
A temperature sign at an El Dorado Savings Bank during a heatwave in Sacramento, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California has avoided ordering rol...
Harbinger EV startup medium trucks NAIAS 2022
Harbinger EV truck Jack Schroeder | Harbinger A new Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup founded by veterans of Canoo and QuantumScape said Wednesday it’s preparing to shake up the medium-...
Nio reports wider second-quarter loss despite increase in EV shipments
Employees stand next to a ET7 sedan at a NIO Inc. dealership in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio had a loss of $409...
New U.K. Transport Secretary Was Road Campaign Chief, Denied Climate Change
New Secretary of State for Transport Anne-Marie Trevelyan. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Getty Images Anne-Marie Trevelyan was last night appointed as the U.K.’s transport secretary in the first c...
Water is a critical part of the energy mix
This image, from August 2022, shows a stretch of the Rhine in Germany, which plays a key role in the transportation of goods such as coal. Christoph Reichwein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The lin...
Matoma Brings The Party At The EDM Turntable
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Electronic Dance Music comes in myriad forms, most mysterious to those who are not yet well exposed. The generic idea is that it is a repeating r...
Facing Hidden Costs Of Going Green, Investor Indifference To Level Of Impact, And Unachievable Climate Commitments
Mountain man after a storm during sunset getty Climate change remains the greatest challenge of our time. At the same time, to stave off the growing backlash against sustainable investing, including T...
When to claim climate tax breaks, rebates
Sebastian Rothe / Eyeem | Eyeem | Getty Images Households may soon be able to claim thousands of dollars in tax breaks and rebates if they take steps to reduce their carbon footprint. But eco-friendly...
GM offers to buy out Buick dealers that don’t want to invest in EVs
Billboards at the Ziegler Cadillac, Buick and GMC Dealership in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the United States. U.S. General Motors Co. Joel Lerner | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images DETROIT – General Moto...
Ways Hollywood Can Solve The Climate Crisis
American actor Marlon Brando gestures at a table while American actor Robert Duvall sits behind him … [+] in a still from the film, ‘The Godfather,’ directed by Francis Ford Coppola ...
Energy CEO calls out Europe’s ‘foolish’ dependence on natural gas
Enel’s Francesco Starace photographed during the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on May 24, 2022. During an interview with CNBC on Friday, Starace said dependence on gas was “foolish.&...
Pakistan warns flood damage will exceed $10 billion
Pakistan’s foreign minister made an urgent call for international aid, with the death toll from historic flooding across the country expected to rise in the coming days. Already reeling from an ...
Flood losses covered by insurance are jumping drastically
This aerial photograph taken on September 1, 2022 shows flood-affected people taking refuge in tents after heavy monsoon rains in Dera Allah Yar town of Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province. R...
Huge offshore wind farm Hornsea 2 is fully operational, Orsted says
One of the turbines at the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. According to Danish energy firm Orsted, the facility has a capacity of more than 1.3 gigawatts. Orsted A facility described by Danish energy fi...
Stricter standards needed for carbon offsets, several House reps urge
Riverside industrial pulp mill showing smokestacks and stream releases as the facility operates on a sunny afternoon. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Several House Democrats t...
Bosch $200 million investment fuel cells South Carolina
The Robert Bosch GmbH logo sits on the exterior of Messe Stuttgart exhibition center as automobiles pass in Stuttgart, Germany, on Monday, July 18, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Germa...