Bitcoin mining helps make use of stranded energy when it can't easily be sold back to the grid, according to Nodal co-founder Matthew Jones.

The South Asian kingdom hopes to become the second country in the world to run its state-owned crypto mine.

Space mining is an idea that began taking hold at the turn of the century, and 10 years ago, it was passionately discussed. Many argued that space mining could revolutionise the commercial space economy by employing robots and private astronauts to explore and mine near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for precious metals and even rare earth metals.

Health Money Politics U.S. WND News Center WNDAgency accused of confiscating property and keeping it By Bob Unruh Published August 7, 2021 at 3:38pm The Environmental Protection Agency has been sued for taking over property adjacent to the 2015 Gold King Mine catastrophe in Colorado to stage cleanup equipment and projects, and keeping it, never paying for it or even for renting it.

Lithium is an essential component of most rechargeable batteries, powering everything from iPhones to Teslas. However, increased lithium mining due to rising demand will deplete known land-based supplies by 2080. A team of scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Saudi Arabia, says they already have a solution in the works: before land-based lithium runs out, shift lithium mining to the ocean.

Few bitcoin projects illustrate the cryptocurrency's enormous climate impact better than the Greenidge power plant in upstate New York. The once-abandoned power plant was bought by private equity firm Atlas Holdings and retasked. A significant portion of Greenidge's electricity no longer powers nearby homes or businesses; rather, the plant's smokestacks are increasingly pouring pollutants into the atmosphere in the service of mining bitcoin.

BGI Genomics-the Chinese Communist Party-linked genomics firm flagged by U.S. officials as "mining" the DNA of Americans-has collaborated extensively with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The National Pulse can reveal. The company has recently come under fire following a 60 Minutes exposé on the company's use of COVID-19 tests to "collect, store and exploit biometric information" on American citizens, according to former U.S.

Microsoft files crypto-based patent which would enable individuals to mine crypto using body activity data.