{"id":60543,"date":"2022-04-23T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T10:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60543"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:53:20","slug":"us-lawmakers-urge-epa-review-of-proof-of-work-over-environmental-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/us-lawmakers-urge-epa-review-of-proof-of-work-over-environmental-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers urge EPA review of Proof-of-Work over environmental impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of U.S. lawmakers <a href=\\\"https:\/\/huffman.house.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Crypto%20letter%20to%20EPA%20FINAL.pdf\\\">reached out<\/a> to the Environmental Protection Agency to examine the mining industry for environmental risks and compliance with relevant laws.<\/p>\n<p>Particular concern was raised by the authors about the Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm. The document says that a single Bitcoin transaction could power a typical American household for a month.<\/p>\n<p>As an alternative, the lawmakers propose a &#8216;less energy-intensive&#8217; technology, for which allegedly 99.99% fewer resources are used.<\/p>\n<p>The authors of the initiative said they were concerned about violations of clean air, clean water, and noise laws by mining farms that disturb the peace of neighboring residents.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers also cited successes in the fight against the Bitcoin mining company Greenidge Generation, which in July 2021 was <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/new-york-residents-accuse-greenidge-generation-of-environmental-violations\">accused of environmental violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, the New York Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/new-york-court-rejects-environmentalists-bid-to-halt-greenidge-generations-bitcoin-mining-near-seneca-lake\">denied<\/a> a petition seeking to halt the construction of the firm\u2019s mining facilities near Seneca Lake.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of one of the world&apos;s largest microchip manufacturers, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/intel-ceo-criticises-bitcoin-for-its-environmental-impact\">criticized Bitcoin for its environmental impact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called the human factor <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-flags-the-human-factor-as-the-main-barrier-to-proof-of-stake\">the main barrier to Proof-of-Stake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&apos;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of US congressmen has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to assess the mining industry for environmental risks and compliance with relevant laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1259,77,76],"class_list":["post-60543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-ecology","tag-proof-of-stake","tag-proof-of-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60545,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543\/revisions\/60545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}