On October 4 at 7:00 pm, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Seneca Lake Guardian, Food & Water Watch and Earthjustice are hosting a webinar: the Climate Consequences of Crypto-Currency: Speaking Out Against the Greenridge Fracked Gas Power Plant.

The webinar will provide tips and tools for you to testify at the October 13th, 2021 public hearing on this dangerous project.

Please fill out this form to attend! A zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the event.

Join us to learn how we can stop the Greenidge facility from expanding its bitcoin operation and how to fight back against the expansion of proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining in New York State.

Proof-of-Work cryptocurrency mining use enormous amounts of energy to power the computers needed to conduct business – should this activity expand in New York, it could drastically undermine New York’s climate goals established under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. According to research from the New York Times, globally, Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity than the entire country of Ireland, which is almost 0.5% of all electricity consumption worldwide.

The Greenidge Facility is the first test for New York when it comes to addressing cryptocurrency mining and how it would impact the state's climate goals.