Community Advocates and Earthjustice Celebrate Recent Rulings Directing NY State Agencies to Uphold CLCPA

Together, these court decisions strengthen New York's power to enforce and implement its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) in regulating climate-killing cryptominers

NEW YORK, NY (11/18/2024) (readMedia)-- On Tuesday, Earthjustice attorneys, advocates, and impacted community members will hold a virtual press conference celebrating recent wins against climate-killing cryptominers Digihost International and Greenidge Generation LLC. On November 14, 2024, two New York State Supreme Court judges issued landmark rulings that reinforce the state's ability to limit harmful pollution driving climate change and safeguard the health and well-being of its residents.

These decisions hold greenhouse gas-emitting cryptomining companies Digihost/Fortistar in North Tonawanda and Greenidge Generation in Dresden accountable to oversight and regulation under the CLCPA. Upholding New York State's authority to enforce its climate law is particularly significant given new legal and regulatory restrictions at the federal level.

Earthjustice attorneys, along with the local environmental advocates Earthjustice represented in these cases and partners with, will host a virtual press conference on Tuesday to discuss the significance of these decisions and their broader implications for the future of cryptomining in New York.

WHO:

Mandy DeRoche, deputy managing attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice

Dror Ladin, senior attorney, the Northeast Regional Office at Earthjustice

Deborah Gondek, chair of North Tonawanda’s Climate Smart Communities Task Force

Lisa Perfetto, senior attorney in the Clean Energy Program at Earthjustice

Yvonne Taylor, vice president of Seneca Lake Guardian
WHAT:

A virtual press conference to discuss:

A Supreme Court of Albany County decision ordering the NY Public Service Commission (PSC) to review the transfer of ownership of the Fortistar fracked-gas plant to cryptominer Digihost under the CLCPA, requiring an assessment of greenhouse gas emissions impacts; and

A Supreme Court of Yates County decision upholding the state Department of Conservation’s (DEC) authority to deny air permits and permit renewals for fossil-fueled operations violating the CLCPA, and finding that the greenhouse gas emissions from Greenidge Generation’s cryptomine are inconsistent and interfere with the CLCPA.
WHEN: Tuesday November 19, 2024 at 10:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Virtual
New York, New York
NOTES:

Zoom Information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83862586365?pwd=oBPaaQK0GCb9EDYtXyhAobCZ7WdFy2.1

Meeting ID: 838 6258 6365

Passcode: 300377