NY County Sued dhau kev pom zoo ntawm Crypto Mining Operation

• Earthjustice tau foob rau Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab ntawm Albany County.
• Qhov kev foob raug foob vim kev ua txhaum cai ntawm CLCPA hauv kev pom zoo ntawm PoW crypto mining lag luam.
• Lub 24/7 crypto mining kev khiav hauj lwm yuav ntxiv cov pa roj carbon emissions.

Clean Air Coalition ntawm Western New York thiab Sierra Club sawv cev los ntawm Earthjustice, lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau pej xeem kev txaus siab ib puag ncig kev cai lij choj, tau foob rau Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab ntawm Albany County. Qhov kev foob raug foob vim kev ua txhaum cai ntawm New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) hauv kev pom zoo ntawm fossil fuel-burning Proof of Work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining operation.

Kev kwv yees tias muaj kev phom sij, qhov kev foob tau tawm tsam New York Public Service Commission (PSC) qhov kev pom zoo los hloov cov tswv cuab ntawm qee lub sijhawm siv hluav taws xob hauv New York, ua rau nws mus rau hauv ib tug 24/7 crypto mining kev ua haujlwm. Qhov no yog thawj qhov kev foob uas tau thov kom lub xeev lub koomhaum yuav tsum ua raws li cov cai lij choj tsim los ntawm NY lub xeev txoj cai huab cua.

CLCPA tau hais tias PSC tau pom zoo muag Fortistar North Tonawanda, 55-megawatt fracked gas fais fab nroj tsuag nyob hauv Western New York rau Digihost International, Canadian. cryptocurrency tuam txhab mining.

Ntxiv mus, CLCPA tau taw qhia tias Fortistar tsuas yog ua haujlwm nruab nrab ntawm 10 thiab 74 hnub hauv ib xyoos, emissions me me ntawm carbon dioxide (CO2) thiab lwm yam pa phem pa phem. Txawm li cas los xij, nrog kev pom zoo los ntawm PSC, Digihost yuav tuaj yeem ua haujlwm 24 × 7 thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo, yog li, ua kom tag nrho cov pa hluav taws xob hauv tsev cog khoom nce mus txog 3,500% hauv New York.

Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Clean Air Coalition ntawm Western New York qhia nws txoj kev xav, thov:

PSC ua tsis tiav hauv nws lub luag haujlwm ua lub luag haujlwm tswj hwm kev noj qab haus huv rau pej xeem thiab txhawb nqa cov cai ntawm Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb Kev Nyab Xeeb thiab Kev Tiv Thaiv Zej Zog.

Cov txiaj ntsig ntawm PoW kev pom zoo ntawm qhov xwm txheej tau muaj kev sib cav tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm cov neeg nyiam crypto thiab cov pej xeem. Tsis tas li ntawd, Lub Tsev Dawb kuj tau ua ntej xa daim ntawv Fact Sheet hais txog huab cua cuam tshuam rau cov cuab tam crypto hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas.

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