On Friday, the Latin American cryptocurrency platform Bitso announced that the company plans to offset carbon emissions from its bitcoin and ERC20 token transactions carried
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Wildlife conservation efforts turn to NFT-funded initiatives
Coorest and the PLCnetwork of the Southern Hemisphere believe that blockchain and NFT technology are a solution for protecting endangered wildlife and funding costly conservation
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US lawmakers sound alarm to EPA over environment concerns of crypto mining
In addition to air and water pollution as a result of energy production, the lawmakers pointed to electronic waste from mining rigs, and noise pollution
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Wikimedia community supports proposal to stop foundation from accepting crypto donations
The arguments in favor included environmental concerns surrounding Bitcoin transactions and “the risk to the movement’s reputation for accepting cryptocurrencies.”
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Mozilla to Reinstate Crypto Donations — Organization Will Not Accept Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrencies
During the first week of January, the software community Mozilla revealed it was pausing cryptocurrency donations after citing environmental concerns. 14 weeks later, Mozilla decided
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Seven times Bitcoin miners made the world a better place
BTC mining and the miners, themselves, seem to be doing more than just securing the Bitcoin network.
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