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ForkLog 11 18.01.2022

Kevin O’Leary eyes purchases of green-mining stocks

Canadian entrepreneur and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary expressed interest in buying shares of mining companies that use green energy.

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ForkLog 7 18.01.2022

Scientists deploy AI to forecast Gulf of Mexico coastal floods

A group of American scientists will develop an AI system that predicts coastal flooding in the Gulf of Mexico.

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ForkLog 18 10.01.2022

Cardano Foundation reaches milestone of one million trees planted

The Cardano Foundation, a nonprofit organisation, has reached the target of one million trees planted as part of the Cardano Forest environmental project, using the ADA token.

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ForkLog 5 07.12.2021

Expert questions viability of geothermal Bitcoin mining in El Salvador

Using geothermal energy from volcanoes for Bitcoin mining would be more expensive than burning oil. This view is held by Ricardo Navarro, a laureate of the prestigious environmental award, The Telegraph reports.

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ForkLog 8 03.12.2021

US Senator Elizabeth Warren asks Greenidge Generation for data on mining’s environmental impact

A member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren, expressed concern about the environmental impact of the Greenidge Generation mining company. She demanded that CEO Deffri Kirt provide detailed data on the company's activities.

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ForkLog 7 29.11.2021

Solana Foundation announces carbon-neutral network

The nonprofit Solana Foundation, behind the project’s development, plans by the end of 2021 to implement a program that will help make the validator network carbon-neutral.

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ForkLog 5 25.11.2021

Neu.ro launches AI cloud with zero carbon footprint

The American startup Neu.ro, in collaboration with the Finnish company atNorth, unveiled a zero-emission cloud solution for machine-learning tasks.

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ForkLog 13 19.11.2021

Norway to consider Bitcoin mining ban following Sweden

Norway may back the Swedish regulators' initiative to ban cryptocurrency mining, including Bitcoin, at the EU level. The government cited 'unjustified electricity costs'.

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ForkLog 4 10.11.2021

Cambridge-based market for decentralized carbon credits to back forest restoration

The Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C), built on the Tezos blockchain, will create a decentralized market to finance environmental projects.

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ForkLog 12 05.11.2021

Billionaire Tom Steyer sees Bitcoin as an environmental threat

American billionaire, politician and environmental advocate Tom Steyer, in an interview with Yahoo Finance, called Bitcoin "a huge consumer of electricity" and a threat to the environment due to the energy system's reliance on fossil fuels.

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ForkLog 6 22.10.2021

NFT crystals from Snark.art platform fetch over $4 million

Over three days, the Snark.art platform sold out the NFT collection Organic Growth: Crystal Reef by Michael Ju and Danila Krivoruchko, earning more than $4 million.

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ForkLog 4 18.10.2021

New York coalition calls for ban on mining at ‘dirty’ fossil-fuel plants

A coalition of businesses, organisations and labour groups in New York state sent authorities a letter asking them to deny permits to upgrade fossil-fuel-fired power plants into cryptocurrency mining centres.

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