Is there an opportunity for crypto miners elsewhere?

This has created an opportunity for miners elsewhere, as the power behind crypto becomes less dependent on one place. Photo illustration: Sharon Shi Bitcoin miners, under fire for their sizable environmental footprint, are forging partnerships with owners of struggling nuclear-power plants with electricity to spare.

Is nuclear power the future of bitcoin mining?

As the bitcoin mining industry grapples with criticism over its energy use, nuclear power is emerging as its source of the future. Is Nuclear Power The Future Of Bitcoin Mining? | Nasdaq

Is bitcoin mining a threat to the environment?

One reason bitcoin mining is seen as a threat to the environment, critics say, is that new operators of power plants may continue to use permits issued years earlier without undergoing in-depth environmental assessments. The Seneca Lake power plant, owned by Greenidge Generation LLC, in January. Abi Buddington

Is New York's bitcoin mining power plant a threat to climate goals?

Albany, N.Y. — New York officials denied required air permit renewals Thursday to a bitcoin-mining power plant on the grounds that it was a threat to the state's climate goals. The permitting decision was another example of New York putting the brakes on a cryptocurrency bonanza that has alarmed environmentalists.