Mia Ping-Chieh Chen

A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well

On: November 1, 2025

Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines. By Lisa Sorg A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford inContinue Reading

The citizen fire brigade that helped fight the Palisades fire is growing. Is it worth the risk?

On: November 1, 2025

In: Climate

A 50-person citizen fire brigade became famous during the Palisades fires, and now volunteers are applying by the hundreds. But some experts say its methods are too risky.Continue Reading