Photograph: Ted Shaffrey/APPhotograph: Ted Shaffrey/APEnvironmental activists filed a lawsuit against astate agency on Friday for approving a cryptocurrency mining company’s takeover of an upstate power plant.
In September, the New York Public Service Commission , which oversees and regulates public utilities, greenlit the takeover of the Fortistar power plant in North Tonawanda, a town close to Niagara Falls, by Canadian crypto mining company, Digihost.
The groups argue the CLCPA broadly requires the state to conduct environmental reviews when making approvals and decisions, to ensure the state will ultimately meet its climate goals. The PSC “refused to consider the CLCPA and its requirements” when undergoing the approval process, which started in April 2021, according to the court filing.
The law “requires all state agencies – including the [commission] – to consider greenhouse gas emissions and impacts to disadvantaged communities when considering administrative approvals and decisions,” said the court filing. “If such an action would threaten the CLCPA’s greenhouse gas reduction mandates, it cannot proceed without a justification.”
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