Kripto rudar Argo Blockchain je "podnebno pozitiven" glede emisij toplogrednih plinov

Cryptocurrency mining company Argo Blockchain announced Tuesday that it has reached an important milestone in its climate strategy, sending a strong signal that environmental sustainability remains one of its primary focuses. 

podjetje terjatve its crypto operations have become “climate positive” for Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions. Po to Carbon Trust, a global advocacy group for environmental sustainability, Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from a company’s owned or controlled sources; Scope 2 covers indirect emissions through the purchase of electricity; Scope 3 includes all other indirect forms of emission that occur in a company’s value chain.

Argo intends to become carbon neutral and plans to go even further “by mitigating emissions through support of projects outside of Argo,” the company said. As part of its Climate Positive Strategy, Argo became a signatory to the Kripto podnebni sporazum and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Na vprašanje, kaj pomeni biti "podnebno pozitiven" rudar, je tiskovni predstavnik Arga za Cointelegraph dejal, da podjetje spremlja svoje emisije in nato sprejme različne ukrepe za njihovo ublažitev. To vključuje nakup dodatnih preverjenih zmanjšanj emisij ali VER za svoj gozdarski projekt v Tennesseeju in projekt energetske učinkovitosti na Kitajskem. Podjetje je za te in druge projekte kupilo več kot 30,000 metričnih ton ekvivalenta ogljikovega dioksida.

Tiskovni predstavnik je glede prihodnjih načrtov podjetja dejal:

"Argo je v fazi razvoja svoje lokacije Helios v zahodnem Teksasu, ki naj bi začel delovati leta 2022. Vključeval bo 200 MW porabe električne energije, ki večinoma izvira iz obnovljivih virov energije."

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Offsetting the cryptocurrency industry’s carbon footprint has become top of mind for businesses and other stakeholders after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company would no longer accept Bitcoin (BTC) payments due to environmental concerns. MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor later convened an industry group called the Svet za rudarstvo bitcoinov to address sustainability concerns when it comes to mining.

Proponents of Bitcoin claim that the digital currency accounts for a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions — and a level that is negligible compared with the broader financial system. They also claim that Bitcoin miners increasingly utilize sustainable technologies in their operations. Nevertheless, the rise of ESG-conscious investing — an acronym for environmental, social and governance practices — means Bitcoin miners are facing a greater sense of urgency to demonstrate their green mining capacity.

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Vir: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-miner-argo-blockchain-goes-climate-positive-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions