US cannabis cultivation generates emissions equivalent to 10M vehicles – More Mainstream Press Pick Up Evan Mills Research Paper

Earlier in the week it was the Washington Post

Growing weed takes more energy than mining bitcoin. Can it go green?

Growing weed inside uses about 1 percent of U.S. energy and pollutes more than cryptocurrency mining. There’s a better way to fuel America’s high.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/03/23/cannabis-energy-use-climate-change/

Yesterday Straight Arrow Press

US cannabis cultivation generates emissions equivalent to 10M vehicles 

US cannabis cultivation generates emissions equivalent to 10M vehicles  

Also

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/shift-to-outdoor-marijuana-cultivation-could-cut-industry-emissions-by-up-to-76-study-finds/

The New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467031-indoor-cannabis-farms-in-us-use-more-energy-than-all-other-agriculture/

I conducted two in depth interviews with Evan on the Karma Koala podcast on the topic this month

Karma Koala Podcast 239: Evan Mills, Energy Use In The North American Cannabis Markets, Regulated & Illegal, “An Inconvenient Truth” Part 2