Photo credit: Tara Winstead by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Data processing centers for bitcoin mines and artificial intelligence (AI) endanger both health and the environment. There has been a wealth of reporting about noise from bitcoin mines and...
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Texas neighbors suing nearby crypto mine
Photo credit: Worldspectrum by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here is yet another article that turns our attention to the noise generated by bitcoin mining facilities....
A sleepless Louisiana community battles noise pollution
Photo credit: Tom Jackson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Louisiana Illuminator published an article by reporter Lue Palmer about noise pollution from gravel trucks along a road in a formerly quiet neighborhood in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. The...
Norwegians celebrate end of noisy bitcoin mine
Photo credit: Roger Brown by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition DL News reports that residents of Stokmarknes in northern Norway are glad that a noisy bitcoin mine closed. The facility had loud air cooling systems, making noise that local residents described...
Rural Texas community says crypto-mining harms health
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Many people move to rural areas to escape noise, only to discover that noise soon finds them. Texas...
Homeowner struggles with noisy oil well site behind his home
Photo credit: David Brown by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Before buying a house in a new neighborhood in northwest Oklahoma City, homebuyer Larry Vargas noticed an...