2018-7-21 21:43 |
The Liverpool City Council (LCC) announced it will be using blockchain tech to mitigate the city’s climate impact, local news outlet edie.net reported July 19.
On its way to a 110 percent offset, edie.net reports that the LCC has the benchmarks of reducing the city’s climate impact 40 percent by 2030 and is already installing 15,000 energy-saving LED streetlights across 2,000 streets in order to reduce streetlight energy consumption by 82 percent.
The city also has a history of taking action against carbon emissions, having cut out more than 558,000 tons since 2012.
Liverpool is no stranger to blockchain and the crypto industry.
As Cointelegraph reported last year, local independent business advocates Independent Liverpool partnered with Tel-Aviv-based blockchain startup Colu to launch a local digital currency for both UK residents and foreign travelers to use.
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