In recent months, there has been a slew of claims that electric vehicles' use of mineral mining causes more harm to the environment than traditional carbon-releasing cars. But is that true? British ...

In 2025, Africa is leading the green energy revolution through Bitcoin mining, with more governments looking to integrate it to tackle electrification, improve energy grid management, address ...

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Public complaints around bitcoin mining noise pollution are growing, but miners have plenty of solutions at their disposal. Let’s use them. Bitcoin mining is loud. Anyone reading that sentence who has ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Illegal gold mining has long plagued Colombia’s ecosystems and communities, while small-scale miners have lamented the difficulties they face in ...

Exclusive EWG report on bitcoin's backyard blight supports calls to 'change the code' The Environmental Working Group is a community 30 million strong, working to protect our environmental health by ...

A new international mining sector standard, compiled by some of the industry’s most powerful players, is the latest example of an industry initiative that fails to hold its members accountable for ...

What Are The Major Concerns? Bitcoin mining has created quite a stir in the marketplace. It's no mystery that Bitcoin mining consumes a lot of energy, resulting in increased carbon emissions. Bitcoin ...

The Bitcoin mining company is stumped as to why Bitmain changed the design of the S19 Antminers. Bitcoin mining company Compass Mining claims to have found “three issues” in the ASIC design of the two ...