An eight-member group focused on environment has asked the Biden administration for new ways to respond to Proof-of-Work or other crypto mining operations.

On Monday the Environmental Working Group and Greenpeace wrote a letter of support to the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy. We urge you to the White House to enact policies aimed at curbing “the electricity use and climate pollution associated with digital currencies that rely on [PoW].” Specifically, the organizations alleged crypto mining in the United States harmed communities by creating increasing demand for electricity sourced by fossil fuels, threatened supply chains with demand for application-specific integrated circuits in rigs, created significant electronic waste, and would not “aid the transition to renewable electricity.”