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Inside one of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency mines (Part 2)

Name: Inside one of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency mines (Part 2)
Uploaded: 2021-07-05T15:37:22.000Z
Duration: 2 min 53 s
Description: Residents warn Greenidge Generation, owned by private equity firm Atlas Holdings, worsens climate change and threatens New York’s Seneca Lake. Community activists are fighting plans for expansion. Its CEO tells NBC News’ Josh Lederman that the plant buys credits to offset its carbon emissions, and could be a model for the bitcoin industry.

Residents warn Greenidge Generation, owned by private equity firm Atlas Holdings, worsens climate change and threatens New York’s Seneca Lake. Community activists are fighting plans for expansion. Its CEO tells NBC News’ Josh Lederman that the plant buys credits to offset its carbon emissions, and could be a model for the bitcoin industry.