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Environmental Working Group, Others Urge New York Senate to Pass Two-Year Pause on Fossil-Fuel Intensive Bitcoin Mining
May 06, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:

The Environmental Working Group and other organizations are urging the New York Senate to pass legislation that would impose a two-year pause on new "proof of work" cryptocurrency miners who are seeking to revive shuttered fossil fuel power plants to generate electricity for their operations.

The legislation, approved last week by the state Assembly, would apply on . . .

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