Earthjustice and Sierra Club to Release Comprehensive Guide to Environmental Impacts of Cryptomining

New guidebook breaks down nebulous and opaque industry + false claims to sustainability

NEW YORK, NY (09/23/2022) (readMedia)-- Capping off NYC Climate Week, Earthjustice and the Sierra Club will publish a new guidebook, The Energy Bomb: How Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrency Mining Worsens the Climate Crisis and Harms Communities Now. The guidebook is one of the first comprehensive reports on the opaque and little-regulated cryptocurrency mining industry and its negative effects on the climate, local communities, and public health. It also provides a mythbusting section that tackles the industry's greenwashing talking points. The paper's co-authors will join with advocates from directly impacted communities and New York Assembly Member Anna Kelles – author of the country's first-ever cryptocurrency mining moratorium legislation – to present the guidebook and advocate for regulation.

WHO:

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice

Jeremy Fisher, Senior Advisor for Strategic Research and Development, Sierra Club

Nick Thorpe, Climate & Energy Senior Program Associate, Earthjustice

New York Assemblymember Anna Kelles

Yvonne Taylor, Vice President, Seneca Lake Guardian

Lane Boldman, Director, Kentucky Conservation Committee

Rob Altenburg, Senior Director for Energy & Climate, PennFuture
WHAT:

 Earthjustice and the Sierra Club, along with partners across the country, will present a new guidebook, The Energy Bomb: How Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrency Mining Worsens the Climate Crisis and Harms Communities Now.
WHEN: Friday September 23, 2022 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Zoom (info below)
NOTES:

 Topic: Environmental Impacts of Cryptocurrency Mining Guidebook

Time: Sep 23, 2022 11:00 AM America

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