Electeds, Advocates, & Attorneys Fight Back As FLX Cryptominer Greenidge Generation Sues to Gut CLCPA

Climate-killing Greenidge Generation seeks to gut CLCPA in order to continue harming climate, environment, and local Finger Lakes economy

DRESDEN, NY (08/22/2024) (readMedia)-- Assemblymember Anna Kelles, attorneys with Earthjustice, and Finger Lakes community members will hold a press conference to condemn climate-killing cryptominer Greenidge Generation's last-ditch effort to continue mining Bitcoin burning fracked gas on Seneca Lake and gut New York's nation-leading climate law in the process.

After receiving their third and final decision from the Department of Environmental Conservation denying their Air Permit (their permit was first denied in June 2022, and they lost on appeal twice), Greenidge has now filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court, Yates County. Greenidge is seeking to continue cryptomining as they appeal the NYS DEC's decision to deny its Title V Air Permit renewal application, and arguing that the DEC should not be allowed to refuse permits based on the CLCPA -- New York's climate law that the DEC and other agencies are tasked with enforcing.

After the Finger Lakes community successfully won their years-long fight against Greenidge in 2022, it became a national story and served as the test case for how states should handle exploitative and extractive cryptomining. At this press conference, the group will go over the details of the new case and the major implications it could have on New York's efforts to combat climate change.

WHO:

Assemblymember Anna Kelles

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

Lisa Perfetto, Senior Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice

Yvonne Taylor, Vice President, Seneca Lake Guardian

Roger Downs, Conservation Director, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter

Liz Moran, New York Policy Advocate, Earthjustice

WHAT:

 A press conference to discuss the details of climate-killing cryptominer Greenidge Generation’s new case and the implications it could have on New York’s efforts to combat climate change.

WHEN: Thursday August 22, 2024 at 11:30AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Zoom (link below)
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Meeting ID: 814 2729 5788

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