An environmental group files a lawsuit against Bitcoin miner Stronghold in Pennsylvania

An environmental community group filed a lawsuit against Stronghold Digital Mining Inc (SDIG.O) on Tuesday, saying the company burns waste coal and old tires for energy at its northeastern Pennsylvania bitcoin mine, causing dangerous chemicals to nearby communities. product contamination. The group, Save Carbon County, filed the lawsuit in state court in Philadelphia, also naming Pennsylvania as a defendant. Its members, who live near Bitcoin mining sites, are seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the company and a court order for the state to stop allowing the pollution to continue. (Reuters)