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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

Environmental group sues New York for approving crypto mining facility

Greenidge Generation, another mining company that took over a power plant upstate.
Greenidge Generation, another mining company that took over a power plant upstate. Photograph: Ted Shaffrey/AP

Environmental activists filed a lawsuit against a New York state agency on Friday for approving a cryptocurrency mining company’s takeover of an upstate power plant.

The group said the move violates the state’s landmark climate law that was passed in 2019 and the lawsuit is the first to test how energy-intensive crypto mining legally holds up against the state’s climate goals.

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