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Is Bitcoin mining bad for the environment?

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July 29, 2021

US President Joe Biden has pledged to invest billions in clean energy production to drastically cut America's greenhouse gas emissions. But such efforts are being undermined by an unexpected problem: Bitcoin mining with fossil fuels.

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