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New York’s largest public-employee pension fund saw a record return over the past year,...

The bill comes as a new report found the teachers' retirement system has more than $300 million invested in companies with coal reserves.

Bitcoin Mining in Upstate New York Is Environmental Concern Climate change activists say the extraordinary amount of energy consumed in what’s known as bitcoin mining will make it hard for New York to meet its aggressive climate change goals. May 04, 2021 •  (TNS) — By next year, owners of a gas-fired power plant on Seneca Lake hope to be producing enough electricity to power 85,000 homes. But much of that electricity won’t turn on lights in living rooms. It will instead stay on site at the plant in Dresden, powering up to 27,000 computers that wi...

As bitcoin mining hooks into Upstate NY power plants, some wonder if it’s just more hot air Syracuse.com 2 hrs ago Glenn Coin, syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. – By next year, owners of a gas-fired power plant on Seneca Lake hope to be producing enough electricity to power 85,000 homes. But much of that electricity won’t turn on lights in living rooms. It will instead stay on site at the plant in Dresden, powering up to 27,000 computers that will run 24 hours a day to snag increasingly rare virtual currency called bitcoin. The plant worries climate change activists, who say...

As news broke this week that New York would lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives when New York fell 89 residents short of filing U.S. Census forms, Cortland County Democratic and Republican officials said Thursday they hope the county will remain entirely in one district. Data released Monday from the U.S. Census Bureau showed that because 89 people did not complete their Census questionnaires, the state would lose one congressional seat, bringing the total to 26, according to news media reports. This comes even as the state’s population grew about 4% between 2010 and 2020, thou...