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A sign on residential property in Granbury, TX, leans against a wooden fence. The sign says "No! Bitcoin Noise." Photo courtesy of Protect Hood County.
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A bitcoin mine in Texas is “killing us slowly,” local residents say

by Maximillian Alvarez April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

After a 300-megawatt bitcoin mining operation came to Granbury, TX, residents started suffering from hypertension, heart palpitations, tinnitus, migraines, and more—and they say their concerns are going ignored by the company and government officials. It’s “environmental euthanasia,” one resident tells TRNN.

Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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‘Kill these cuts before they kill us’: Federally funded researchers warn DOGE cuts will be fatal

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Los Angeles, CA - March 23: Postal workers Darrell Jefferies, Molly Berge, Shannon Canzoneri, and Maria Guerra rally at the Federal Building to protest the possible privatization of the USPS under the Trump administration on Sunday, March 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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What’s really behind Trump’s war on federal unions?

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Out of ashes, victory: How New York’s garment workers rebirthed the US labor movement

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As Trump looks to privatize USPS, its workers fight for a contract

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Show us the ropes: How Touchstone Climbing Gym workers unionized five locations

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20 weeks in, Kaiser’s mental healthcare workers’ strike prompts Gov. Newsom to intervene

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