Cov neeg tsim cai lij choj Asmeskas txuas ntxiv hu rau EPA kev tshawb nrhiav ntawm crypto mining emissions cov ntaub ntawv

Tebchaws Asmeskas Senator Edward Markey thiab Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Jared Huffman tau tshaj tawm rau lub Peb Hlis 3 tias lawv yuav rov nthuav tawm Txoj Cai Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act hauv Congress. Qhov kev txav mus los ua ntej ntawm Senate lub rooj sib hais txog ib puag ncig cuam tshuam ntawm crypto mining, uas Markey yuav ua tus thawj coj rau lub Peb Hlis 7.

Markey thiab Huffman ua ntej tau tshaj tawm daim nqi rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis, hauv Congress yav dhau los. Senator Jeff Merkley tau ua tus txhawb nqa hauv Senate.

Daim nqi yuav yuav tsum tau crypto mining tuam txhab uas muag los nthuav tawm emissions rau kev khiav hauj lwm uas siv ntau tshaj 5 megawatts ntawm lub hwj chim thiab xav kom tus thawj coj ntawm lub Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mus rau lub taub hau mus rau ib tug interagency kev soj ntsuam ntawm qhov cuam tshuam ntawm crypto mining nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Qhov kev tshawb nrhiav ntawd yuav muaj $ 5 lab pob nyiaj siv thiab tshaj tawm nws cov kev tshawb pom nyob rau hauv 18 lub hlis ntawm kev tso cai ntawm daim nqi.

Lwm 100% ntawm kuv cov ntaub ntawv ruaj khov! Ua tsaug rau qhov kev lees paub no, @LCVoters.
Kuv yuav ua hauj lwm hnyav ntxiv los xyuas kom lub ntiaj teb noj qab nyob zoo, vam meej rau txhua tus. #LCVScorecard pic.twitter.com/UGpXIrJZFV
— Tus Rep. Jared Huffman (@RepHuffman) Lub peb hlis ntuj 2, 2023

Pob paj teev tseg 16 lub koom haum pej xeem uas txhawb nqa daim nqi, suav nrog cov pab pawg xws li Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA thiab National Stop Crypto Coalition. Nws tau hais hauv nqe lus:

"Crypto miners tab tom nqus megawatt tom qab megawatt los ntawm peb cov phiaj xwm pej xeem thiab tawm skyrocketing tsev cog khoom gasses, yog li lawv tuaj yeem ua tau nyiaj rau lawv tus kheej. Peb tsis muaj peev xwm cia qhov kev lag luam no khiav roughshod hla peb cov zej zog ntxiv lawm. "

Markey yuav sai sai no lub rooj sib tham ntawm Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Lub rooj sib tham ntawd yuav "tsom mus rau qhov yuav tsum tau ceev nrooj txhawm rau txhawm rau txhim kho ib puag ncig cuam tshuam ntawm cryptomining," Markey tau hais.

Markey thiab Huffman yog cov neeg tsim cai lij choj Democratic uas sau ntawv rau EPA Tus Thawj Coj Michael Regan thiab Tus Tuav Haujlwm Hluav Taws Xob Jennifer Granholm thaum Lub Ob Hlis nug tias lawv cov koom haum "ua haujlwm ua ke los daws qhov tsis muaj ntaub ntawv hais txog kev siv hluav taws xob cryptomining thiab kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig." Lawv kuj tau kos npe rau tsab ntawv rau CEO ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Ntseeg Hluav Taws Xob ntawm Texas nug txog cov ntaub ntawv ntawm crypto mining kev siv lub zog thiab kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig hauv Texas. Senator Elizabeth Warren yog tus thawj coj ntawm ob tsab ntawv.