Tag: Mining
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Can crypto mining go green? critics are skeptical
Some miners are promising more climate-friendly operations, but research shows the industry is a long way from putting that into practice By Kaylee Tornay / InvestigateWest The word “sustainable” features prominently on the website for Merkle Standard’s crypto mining operation in remote eastern Washington, which aims to be carbon neutral by year’s end. In Idaho, budding…
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Investors make a massive bet on crypto mining in a tiny NE Washington town
California owners want to build one of the biggest operations in the country, but concerns about energy usage, noise and sustainability stand in the way By Zachariah Bryan / InvestigateWest Usk, Wa. — In the bowels of the old Ponderay Newsprint mill, the piercing sound of loud, whirring fans echo off the walls, as thousands of…