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Cryptocurrency industry fights proposed NY moratorium

Episode Summary

Environmental advocates and key state lawmakers are pushing again this year for a three-year moratorium on permits for power plants that burn fossil fuels to mine Bitcoin, a measure that would be the first of its kind in the nation. POLITICO's Kelsey Tamborrino.

Episode Notes

Environmental advocates and key state lawmakers are pushing again this year for a three-year moratorium on permits for power plants that burn fossil fuels to mine Bitcoin, a measure that would be the first of its kind in the nation. POLITICO's Kelsey Tamborrino.

 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and the host of POLITICO Energy podcast. 

Marie J. French covers energy and the environment for POLITICO New York. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.