Greenidge Generation stated that its pending air permit renewal application was filed on March 5, 2021, which has attracted a lot of attention from both environmentalists and crypto enthusiasts in the state.
Assemblywoman Anna Kelles, the bill’s sponsor, has emphasized the bill’s limited scope, which has been tweaked from a prior form that died in the Assembly last year.
While bitcoin is not the only industry that consumes as much energy as entire countries, for example, concrete consumes more energy than India, both industries produce pollution, including carbon emissions.
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