Chuck Darwin<p>The US government has suspended its effort to survey <a href="https://c.im/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> operations over their ballooning energy use following a lawsuit from an industry that has been accused by environmental groups of fueling the climate crisis.</p><p>A federal judge in Texas has granted a temporary order <a href="https://c.im/tags/blocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocking</span></a> the new requirements that would ascertain the energy use of the crypto miners, stating that the industry had shown it would suffer “<a href="https://c.im/tags/irreparable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irreparable</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/injury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injury</span></a>” if it was made to comply.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/27/crypto-mining-electricity-use" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">4/feb/27/crypto-mining-electricity-use</span></a></p>