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Crypto mines will have to start reporting their energy use in the US

The survey starts next week.

By Justine Calma, a senior science reporter covering climate change, clean energy, and environmental justice with more than a decade of experience. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will begin collecting data on crypto mines’ electricity use, following criticism from environmental advocates over how energy-hungry those operations are. The EIA, the statistical agency of the Department of Energy, announced that it is “initiating a provisional survey of electricity consumption information from identified cryptocurrency mining companies” starting next week.

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