for being вЂњsilent onвЂќ data provided that shows how the crypto-mining firm stokes job creation вЂњin dilapidated economies while utilizing unwanted power infrastructure.вЂќ Tabar says that Bit Digital isВ вЂњhappy to help shape the industry by being leaders in using sustainable sources of power,вЂќ and the firm was вЂњhoping the Senator would see our efforts there.вЂќД«ecause data is so underreported, it remains difficult to forecast how local residents and businesses will be impacted by projected growth of these firms. Tabar, criticized the letter from Warren, et al.

None of the firms said that they track the impacts on consumers connected to power grids, and none of the firms seemed to think they had any reason to fully comply with Congress' request for information.Д«it Digital's chief strategy officer,В Samir V. The letter provided the EPA and DOE with new information from Congress' investigation into the environmental impacts of вЂњseven of the largest crypto-mining operations in the US.вЂќ It's just a fraction of the whole, but together, these firms plan to increase their total mining capacity by nearly 230 percent, requiring an added electricity consumption greater than that of all the homes in Los Angeles. Only then, Warren and others suggest, will we know exactly how many firms are operating in the US, how much energy is being used, how much damage to the environment is being done, and how many communities are being affected. That's why Senator Elizabeth Warren joined five other congressmembers to submit a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy, recommending the agencies combine forces to draft new regulations requiring emissions and energy use reporting from all crypto-mining operations nationwide.

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