Allow Greenidge Currency Mining Industry to work despite undermining the climatic targets of the state | Regional news

Dresden, New York – The Greenidge Currency Mining Facility on Lake Senika continues to work despite receiving many cases of refusing to avoid a flying permit from the regulatory authorities in New York State.

The lawmakers and defenders say that the facility undermines New York climatic goals, while the company is taking advantage of the legal gaps to expand its operations.

“Greenidge uses its financial resources to prolong the appeal process to achieve maximum profits at the expense of the environment,” said the association’s member Anna Kiels, who loudly expressed the need to end the facility’s operations. “This is very fraud and deception.”

The New York Administration for Environment (DEC) initially to reject Renewal of Greenidge’s Title V in 2022, which states that the facility failed to prove compliance with the Climate and Community Protection Law (ClCpa), which requires 85 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and a 40 % reduction by 2030 .

The Federal Electoral Commission decision was supported three times by the state courts, but Greenide continued its operations during the appeal of each ruling. The company argued that DEC does not have a power of rejecting air permits based on CLCPA instructions and that the facility is 100 % neutral for carbon due to the purchase of carbon compensation.

Taylor warned that the legal challenges faced by Greenide is a dangerous precedent. She said, “Greenide is trying to cancel the New York Climate Law by saying that the Environmental Protection Committee (DEC) lacks the authority to reject permits based on the CLCPA law.” “If they succeed, this will make our climate law meaningless.”

While Greenidge argued that the Civil Aviation Committee (DEC) lacks the authority to reject its aviation permit, he spent the latest decision of the New York State Supreme Court on this case that the Civil Aviation Committee (DEC) has the authority to reject airline permits based on CLCPA guidance, but this is Additional justification. It was needed before doing this.

IPhone Taylor, co -founder of the Sinika Lake Guardian, told the Ethaka Times that the decision requires the Data Protection Committee to hold a “Cases Conference” to allow both sides to submit a certificate of experts to a minimal court before the final ruling. While the aim of this was to accelerate the process, Greenidge asked to stop the work of the expedited timeline of the Issues Conference, which increases the delay of the case.

“This is similar to being in the antiseptic,” said IPhone Taylor, co -founder of the Cenica Lake Gardyan Group, said. “We continue to win, but Greenide continues to find ways to fight filth and prolong the operation. It is crazy.” Taylor added: “The more they can delay that, the more they can continue to work, earn money and harm our environment for a longer period.”

Kelis told Ethaka Times“There is nothing in the law that requires stopping the activity during the appeal.

The facility was previously a power plant that burned coal and helped meet the state’s energy needs, but it was renewed in 2017 to burn natural gas transferred through pipes from hydraulic cracks in Pennsylvania. Since the transformation, most of the facility’s energy has been used to meet the needs of cryptocurrency mining instead of returning energy to the network, the DEC committee said this is one of the reasons for rejecting the air permit.

Kelis and Taylor explained that the mining of cryptocurrencies consumes huge amounts of energy and emit large greenhouse gases. They both routinely cite the data that indicate the facility’s emission More than 818 million pounds of carbon dioxide rewards In 2023.

“These emissions are equivalent to nearly 84,000 cars on the road,” Kilis said. “This directly undermines the intention of Clcpa, which is supposed to put New York as a leading country in controlling climate change.”

In addition to air pollution, Greenidge withdraws up to 139 million gallons of water per day from Lake Cinnika for cooling, and drain it again at temperatures of up to 108 degrees Fahrenheit. These hot water drains contribute to the multiplication of harmful algae that threaten aquatic environmental systems and recreational activities in the lake.

Taylor said: “The northwestern quarter of Lake Senica, where Greenide is located, witnessed the highest rate of harmful algae proliferation last summer,” said Taylor. “Although we cannot categorically attach all of this to Greenide, their hot water drains are definitely not helping.”

The facility also consumes 6.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually, which increases its carbon marching and contributes to methane gas emissions. While methane is shorter in the atmosphere (about 12 years compared to hundreds of years for carbon), it is 80 to 90 times stronger than carbon in his ability to hold heat for 20 years.

In response to the General Currency Mining opposition, New York issued a two -year limited suspension of coded currency mining in fossil fuel in 2022 to prevent the revival of other power stations that were turned off for similar purposes. However, Greenidge was exempt from the optional endowment because it was grandfather.

“The endowment was a step in the right direction, but he did not go far enough, and he is now approaching the finish line,” Taylor said. “Greenidge is evidence that we need stronger and more comprehensive legislation to address the environmental effects of cryptocurrency mining.”

Taylor also highlighted the national effects of cryptocurrencies, noting that Seneca Lake Guardian launched a national alliance to raise awareness about the environmental damage of this industry. She said that interest in this issue is especially important, as President Donald Trump expressed his support to make the United States the capital of cryptocurrencies in the world.

“This is not just the New York case,” said Taylor. “Societies throughout the country deal with the same problems – noise, pollution and water use – and it is time to have a national conversation about the real cost of cryptocurrency mining.”

While the air permit case continues to appear, Taylor said that SLG explores alternative legal methods to impose the closure of the facility, including a possible lawsuit under the green modification in New York, which guarantees residents the right to clean air and water.

“This tool is designed to protect societies of this kind of damage exactly, and we are doing an accurate evaluation of how to use it effectively against Greenide,” Taylor said. However, she admitted that this road was not largely tested in New York and faces great challenges.

Seneca Lake Guardian has already filed a lawsuit against the green amendment against the SENECA Meadows, but the state prosecutor’s office opposed the case.

Taylor said: “The Prosecutor has applied to reject the case, on the pretext that people have no power to impose their constitutional rights,” Taylor said. “This puts us in a frustrating position where the protection means that aim to protect us are banned by the state.” “We need our leaders to support the Climate Law in New York and give priority to the health of our societies on corporate profits.”