Earthjustice + TX, NY, GA Communities Ask Cryptocurrency Miners: Where Are The Jobs?
With little to no data on how many jobs cryptocurrency mining operations actually create, advocates call on miners to open their doors and set the record straight
NEW YORK, NY (04/02/2023) (readMedia)-- The cryptocurrency mining industry is nebulous and opaque, with few regulations and very little oversight. Cryptocurrency mining operations often claim to bring economic opportunity to the communities they open in, including dozens or even hundreds of jobs. But there is little to no independent data to prove if those job claims are true. There is, however, plenty of data that show the industry is highly energy intensive and polluting (see also page 20, "Reports of Cryptocurrency Mining Jobs Have Been Greatly Overstated").
Members of communities in Texas, New York, and Georgia impacted by polluting cryptocurrency mining operations will share dispatches from their regions and call on cryptocurrency miners to open their doors and set the record straight on the jobs they create, or lack thereof.
| WHO: | Yvonne Taylor, Vice President, Seneca Lake Guardian Treva Gear, Ed.D., Concerned Citizens of Cook County, Georgia Jackie Sawicky, Founding Member, Concerned Citizens of Navarro County, Texas Colin Read, former Mayor of Plattsburgh, NY and economist at SUNY Plattsburgh Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice |
| WHAT: | Members of communities impacted by the pollution from cryptocurrency mining operations will share dispatches from their regions and call on cryptocurrency miners to open their doors and set the record straight on the jobs they create, or lack thereof. |
| WHEN: | Monday April 03, 2023 at 11:30AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
| WHERE: | Zoom (link below) |
| NOTES: | Topic: Communities Ask Cryptocurrency Miners: Where Are The Jobs? Time: Apr 3, 2023 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81558041266 Meeting ID: 815 5804 1266 One tap mobile +16465588656,,81558041266# US (New York) +16469313860,,81558041266# US Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 646 931 3860 US +1 309 205 3325 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 305 224 1968 US +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 360 209 5623 US +1 386 347 5053 US +1 507 473 4847 US +1 564 217 2000 US +1 669 444 9171 US +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 689 278 1000 US +1 719 359 4580 US +1 253 205 0468 US +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 815 5804 1266 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxlIRi3c5 |
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