-- Greenidge has announced the rejection of the claim by the New York State Department of Environmental Protection.
-- As part of the trial, the agency banned the company from mining cryptocurrency in the region.
-- The conflict began around restrictions on air pollution and the refusal to issue a Title V Air Permit document.
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miner Greenidge Generation has secured the dismissal of a lawsuit by the New York State Department of Environmental Protection (DEC). The case concerned the refusal of the department to issue the company a Title V Air Permit, which did not allow the company to engage in cryptocurrency mining.
According to court documents, the confrontation between Greenidge and DEC began from the moment when the firm tried to issue the mentioned documents. They relate to air pollution permits in New York State.
The department refused to issue a Title V Air Permit to the company. As an argument, DEC pointed to a violation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
Representatives of the company challenged the agency's decision in response. Although Greenidge's initial application was rejected, further legal proceedings led her to victory. The bitcoin miner considers the aforementioned ruling to be a triumph of justice over "political interference" in the current legislation.
"The climate Law is a good and well—intentioned law, but it did not give DEC's political appointees and bureaucrats the authority to rewrite it. [...] They tried their best, in collusion with their allies in the human rights community, for whom the truth was too far a bridge, but no amount of PR could change this fact," the company commented on the court decision.
In addition, Greenidge said that the ruling highlights the importance of data centers. In their opinion, they play an important role in the activities of the AI sector, the crypto industry and cloud computing.
Earlier, analysts of the research organization Exponential Science (ES) published a report on the prohibition of mining in various countries. In their opinion, the introduction of thoughtless restrictions on the mining of cryptocurrencies can do more harm than good.
Recall that we wrote that the residents of Texas filed a class action lawsuit against the bitcoin miner Marathon Digital.
