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- Bitcoin miners are buying power plants https://www.nysfocus.com/2021/04/13/new-york-bitcoin-mining-threat/ 556 comments
- New York State's proposed cap-and-invest program would price carbon and distribute more than $1 billion per year back into New Yorker’s pockets - not quite carbon fee-and-dividend but getting close #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.nysfocus.com/2023/01/11/kathy-hochul-cap-and-trade-new-york/ 2 comments climate
- Law Professors Urge Hochul Not to Pick 'Activist Conservative' for Chief Judge - she just did it anyway https://www.nysfocus.com/2022/12/19/chief-judge-court-of-appeals-hector-lasalle/ 12 comments law
- New York State Needs to Build Wind and Solar Energy Ten Times Faster | After a decade of building virtually no large-scale renewables, New York is planning to build enough to power millions of homes over the next eight years. What will it take to pull it off? https://www.nysfocus.com/2022/11/21/new-york-wind-solar-renewable-energy/ 10 comments climate
- A New Conservative Majority on New York’s Top Court is Upending State Law https://www.nysfocus.com/2022/07/07/court-of-appeals-conservative-bloc/ 58 comments law
- A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining - A Finger Lakes power plant plans to ramp up energy-intensive Bitcoin mining. If the state allows it to proceed, environmentalists warn dozens of fossil-fueled plants could follow. https://www.nysfocus.com/2021/04/13/new-york-bitcoin-mining-threat/ 4 comments technology
- A New Threat to New York’s Clean Energy Goals: Bitcoin Mining - New York Focus https://www.nysfocus.com/2021/04/13/new-york-bitcoin-mining-threat/ 10 comments cryptocurrency