WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 16, 2021 — Bitcoin mining interests have called Watkins Glen officials in recent weeks to explore the…
Greenidge’s Bitcoin Mining Ambitions Are Headed for Conflict With New York State’s Clean Energy Agenda
This is a repost of an article I wrote for New York Focus, an investigative news website based in New…
Spotlighting Greenidge’s Air Emissions, EarthJustice Warns: Power-Hungry Data Centers Could Sink NYS Climate Goals
ALBANY, Apr. 8, 2021 — EarthJustice and the Sierra Club are calling for the Cuomo Administration take decisive action on…
As Bitcoin’s Price Rockets Ever Higher, Greenidge Mining Profits Soar: Will Owners’ Windfall Wealth Trickle Down?
DRESDEN, Mar. 31, 2021 — Greenidge Generation’s earnings surged last year thanks to its impeccably-timed move into Bitcoin mining, and…
NASDAQ Market Goes Wild Over Greenidge’s Plan to Go Public, Expand Bitcoin Mining 25-Fold
DRESDEN, Mar. 22, 2021 — The NASDAQ stock market responded with wild enthusiasm today to Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.’s announcement…
As Liability Looms for Contaminated Drinking Water, State Abruptly Changes Rules for Road Salt Task Force
ALBANY, Mar. 8, 2021 — Jittery over the state’s potential legal liability for contaminating private water wells with road salt,…
Hakes Landfill Plans to Expand by 50% After Court Dismisses Allegations That It Downplayed Evidence of Radioactivity
CORNING, Mar. 3, 2021 — Seven months after a Steuben County judge dismissed civil allegations that it contained high levels…
Shall New Yorkers Have a Constitutional Right to Clean Water and Clean Air? Voters Will Decide in Nov. 2 Referendum
ALBANY, Feb. 18, 2021 — New Yorkers will vote in November on whether to add the “right to clean air…
DEC Emails on Burning Toxic PFAS at Norlite Incinerator Prompt Calls for Probe by NYS Inspector General
COHOES, Feb. 12, 2021 — Recently disclosed emails on the burning of PFAS-laced fire-fighting foam at an incinerator 10 miles…
Six Weeks After Roof Collapse Killed 2, Cargill Will Close Louisiana Salt Mine; CLEAN Cites Similar Risks at Cargill’s Cayuga Mine
AVERY ISLAND, LA, Jan. 30, 2021 — Six weeks after a roof collapse killed two miners at its Avery, La.,…
