O Escritório de Ciência e Tecnologia da Casa Branca publicou um documento intitulado:
"Implicações do Clima e Energia pelos crypto ativos nos EUA"Nele é apresentado a ideia de que, com o intuito de reduzir suas emissões em 50% até 2030, um sistema de eletricidade "carbon-free" até 2035, e uma economia com emissão net-zero até 2050, a política do estado ameaça "limitar ou eliminar o uso de mecanismos de consenso para mineração de crypto-ativos que sejam de um nível de alta intensidade energetica" caso as suas medidas se provem ineficazes em reduzir tais impactos climáticos.
Minimize GHG emissions, environmental justice impacts, and other local impacts
from crypto-assets: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of
Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies should provide technical assistance and initiate
a collaborative process with states, communities, the crypto-asset industry, and others to
develop effective, evidence-based environmental performance standards for the
responsible design, development, and use of environmentally responsible crypto-asset
technologies. These should include standards for very low energy intensities, low water
usage, low noise generation, clean energy usage by operators, and standards that
strengthen over time for additional carbon-free generation to match or exceed the
additional electricity load of these facilities. Should these measures prove ineffective at
reducing impacts, the Administration should explore executive actions, and Congress
might consider legislation, to limit or eliminate the use of high energy intensity consensus
mechanisms for crypto-asset mining. DOE and EPA should provide technical assistance
to state public utility commissions, environmental protection agencies, and the crypto-asset industry to build capacity to minimize emissions, noise, water impacts, and negative
economic impacts of crypto-asset mining; and to mitigate environmental injustices to
overburdened communities.