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U.S. EPA Finalizes 2022 Renewable Fuel Standards

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 3 announced a slew of measures to bolster the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, program in pursuit of climate goals set out in the Clean Air Act.  The final standards require blending of 20.63 billion gallons of renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel this year, slightly lower than…...

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New York Bill Would Restrain Cryptocurrency Mining Operations Over Environmental Concerns

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The New York legislature on June 2 passed a bill aimed to stop cryptocurrency mining operations that use fossil fuels to power their facilities. The bill would amend the existing Environment Conservation Law to ban operations that use “proof-of-work authentication” methods to validate blockchain transactions. Proof-of-work authentication methods refer to consensus algorithm in a block-chain…...