Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Allegedly Threatened Environmental Activists

[Markuri33]

Abi Buddington and Yvonne Taylor, environmental activists in Dresden, New York, claim they were threatened by Greenidge Generation CEO Dale Irwin. Greenidge Generation, a company that mines Bitcoin in upstate New York, has long come under fire for allegedly harming the environment surrounding its mining facility.

Now, two environmental activists from the area—Abi Buddington and Yvonne Taylor—claim they have received “threatening” letters from the company’s CEO, Dale Irwin, per local news outlet Spectrum News.

“Despite the fact that this has been extremely destabilizing, I fear for my safety, I fear for my family’s safety. I feel that I am on the side of right and I do have a First Amendment right to freedom of speech,” Taylor, vice president of NGO Seneca Lake Guardian, reportedly said.

Greenidge has responded to the allegations leveled by Buddington and Taylor. Their statement is shared below:more

[TomPluz]

This news is putting another blackeye for Bitcoin especially in the eyes of those who don't support the cryptocurrency industry and who only see one side of the story in the concern of the power that Bitcoin mining is consuming. I don't understand how come Greenidge is harming the environs surrounding where they are...and if this is the case they they should do something about it. Greenidge am sure ahs the commitment to be friendly to the environment as much as possible, just based on its name so they should show solid actions and not just words.