Bitcoin Mining Is “Less Green Than Ever” After Leaving China Tech By Merry On Feb 28, 2022 Share Bitcoin’s carbon dioxide pollution has gotten worse since China expelled Bitcoin miners last year, according to a new analysis. It is likely the result of Bitcoin miners replacing China’s abundant hydropower with coal and gas, experts say. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “We are actually seeing Bitcoin become less green than ever before,” said Alex de Vries, lead author of the analysis published in the magazine last week Joules† That directly refutes persistent claims by industry groups that renewable energy would clean...