{"id":59800,"date":"2022-04-08T11:01:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T08:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=59800"},"modified":"2025-09-04T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:55:32","slug":"new-york-court-rejects-environmentalists-bid-to-halt-greenidge-generations-bitcoin-mining-near-seneca-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/new-york-court-rejects-environmentalists-bid-to-halt-greenidge-generations-bitcoin-mining-near-seneca-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"New York court rejects environmentalists’ bid to halt Greenidge Generation’s bitcoin mining near Seneca Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York State Supreme Court rejected the petition to halt construction of Greenidge Generation’s bitcoin-mining facilities near Seneca Lake, as stated<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n

The suit was brought by the Sierra Club and Seneca Lake Guardian. They argue that the new bitcoin-mining facilities threaten the environment.<\/p>\n

Judge Daniel J. Doyle noted that the Greenidge Generation project “will not affect the air or water of Seneca Lake.” The petition has no grounds, he said.<\/p>\n

\n

“Greenidge acted in good faith after obtaining the necessary permits to begin construction,” states<\/a> in the decision.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the press release, this is the fifth ruling in the company’s favour since 2016. Greenidge Generation representatives stressed that they operate “in full compliance with the state’s permits.”<\/p>\n

Greenidge Generation is located in Dresden, New York. In December 2020, environmental groups and residents of the neighboring town of Torrey filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the local administration and the company. The plaintiffs say officials approved the expansion of the mining center without an environmental impact assessment.<\/p>\n

In July 2021, Dresden residents accused Greenidge Generation of environmental violations. Earlier the company promised to fully neutralize<\/a> the carbon footprint from bitcoin mining by buying CO\u2082 emission credits.<\/p>\n

In October, Greenidge Generation ordered 22,500 ASIC miners<\/a> for deployment at new sites in Texas and South Carolina. The investments in the project, located in the latter state, will total $264 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In March, Greenidge Generation raised $108 million<\/a> for a threefold increase in the hashrate\u2014to 4.7 EH\/s.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to ForkLog’s channel on YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York State Supreme Court rejected the petition to halt construction of Greenidge Generation’s bitcoin-mining facilities near Seneca Lake, according to a press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1259,2209],"class_list":["post-59800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ecology","tag-greenidge-generation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59802,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59800\/revisions\/59802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}