The former president has attracted growing support from tech investors, who are seeking favorable tax policies and more deregulation that could widen inequality.
Emails show Diversified largely kept the state in the dark as it fired up its bitcoin mining operation.
Legislation aims to rein in an unregulated industry with ballooning environmental effects.
Two blocked climate bills show the oil and gas industry, related unions can still sway the new Democratic House majority.
Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.