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News Allocating capital to Bitcoin risks a backlash from environmentally conscious investors, according to author and co-anchor of CNBCs Squawk Box, Andrew Ross Sorkin. In a piece for the International New York Times, syndicated worldwide, Sorkin pointed to statements by Lawrence Fink, CEO of Black Rock — the largest asset managers in the world — indicating his company would make all future investment decisions based on “how they plan to meet the climate challenge.” Tesla...

8 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker’s backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that’s estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year. FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCitys Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York, October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi/File Photo Tesla Inc revealed on Monday it h...

8 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker’s backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that’s estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year. FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCitys Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York, October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi/File Photo Tesla Inc revealed on Monday it h...

Northern Trust selected by Osmosis to support fossil fuel-free fund Asset servicing solutions to support launch and distribution strategy for $2 billion sustainable investment manager. March 3, 2021 2:49 PM GMT Northern Trust has been selected by Osmosis Investment Management to provide fund administration, global custody and depositary services for its new fossil fuel-free UCITS Common Contractual Fund (CCF).  The strategy, which Osmosis developed amid growing investor appetite to re...

Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker's backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that's estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year.

Elon Musk wants clean power, but Tesla's dealing in environmentally dirty bitcoin

London, February 10 Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker’s backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that&rs

Bitcoin ‘mining’ is a carbon guzzler. With renewed interest in crypto, could a green coin be the next big thing?.The entrance of big corporations into the cryptocurrency market could boost incentives to produce a new ‘green bitcoin’ using renewable energy, sustainability experts say.

Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker's backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that's estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year.

Musk has backed bitcoin, a digital currency estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year.