Carbon Emissions


Tech

Smart Offsets: Algorand Ups Sustainability Pledge With Self-Executing Code

The smart contract–based commitment to sustainability coincides with Earth Day, which is Friday.

A rendering of Algorand's Times Square activation. (Algorand Foundation)

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Crypto Carbon: Can Blockchain Networks Fix Carbon Offsets?

A budding movement within the crypto industry says it can keep carbon out of the atmosphere by locking it on a blockchain. Can it succeed?

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Finance

JustCarbon, Likvidi Launch Blockchain Markets for Carbon Credits

The ventures aim to bring cryptocurrency benefits to natural CO2-removal processes.

Nature-based carbon sequestration. (Sven Lachmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto-Mining Host BitRiver Rus Had Net Zero Carbon Footprint in H2 2021

The carbon emissions of crypto mining are central to regulatory debates globally.

Hydroelectric power station in Bratsk, Russia. (BitRiver)

Finance

Cambridge University to Build Carbon Credit Marketplace on Blockchain

The program will tackle challenges around using the purchase of carbon credits to fund nature-based solutions preserving biodiversity.

King's College, Cambridge University. (alexxxis/Pixabay)

Finance

BitMEX Buys $100,000 of Carbon Credits in Bid to Become Carbon Neutral

The investment will offset all of BitMEX’s bitcoin transaction and server emissions, the exchange said.

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Policy

China to Pilot Blockchain-Based Green Power Trading

The world biggest CO2 emitter is using blockchain to transition into carbon neutrality.

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Videos

Argo Blockchain Answers Crypto Mining's ESG Challenge

U.K.-based crypto miner Argo Blockchain is calling itself the first publicly-traded cryptocurrency miner to become "climate positive." CEO Peter Wall discusses how his firm has "gone beyond net zero" in carbon emissions and whether renewables-focused mining could push the bitcoin price up further. Plus, his take on the impact of China's crackdowns on mining operations and plans for Argo to go public in the U.S.

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