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Barkcamp State Park is among the few places where visitors can experience Ohio's forests as they existed before European settlement. Once the site of a historic logging camp, today it's a destination for camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreation. It's also a place that could see new pressure for oil and gas development if Ohio lawmakers approve lame-duck legislation this month that would remove barriers to drilling under public lands. Neither supporters nor critics have singled out specific parks that could be of interest to the industry, but a planning document from a previous governor's administration reveals at least three areas where oil and gas extraction might occur. They include Barkcamp, as well as Wolf Run State Park and Suncreek Fish State Forest. That document — a strategic communications plan developed by members of the Kasich administration and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 2012 — ignited a political controversy known as Fr...

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency said Thursday it will send teams to investigate two November crashes in California and Ohio involving Teslas that may have been operating on automated driving systems. The probes bring to 35 the number of crashes investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since 2016 in which either Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” or “Autopilot” systems likely were in use. Nineteen people were killed in the crashes. The California crash occurred on Thanksgiving Day involving eight vehicles on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The driver told authorities that the Tesla TSLA-Q Model S was using the company’s “Full Self-Driving” software, according to Highway Patrol report obtained by CNN. The Ohio crash happened Nov. 18 near Toledo, when a Tesla Model 3 crashed into an Ohio Highway Patrol SUV stopped on a roadway with its emergency lights flashing. A message was left Thursday seeking comment from Tesla on the latest NHTSA action. The co...

General Motors GM-N said Thursday it was investing $918-million in four U.S. plants for V-8 gasoline engine production and electric vehicle components. The largest U.S. automaker has a two-prong strategy to ramp up EV production while continuing to invest in its current gasoline-engine vehicles that account for the vast majority of profits and most of its U.S. vehicle sales. It has pledged to end production of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. The majority of the funding, $854-million, is to prepare plants in Michigan, New York and Ohio to produce GM’s sixth-generation small block V-8 engine and an additional $64-million in Rochester, New York and Defiance, Ohio for castings and components to support EV production. GM said the investment showed it was committed to providing “a strong portfolio of (internal combustion engine) vehicles well into the future while continuing to accelerate its transformation to an all-electric future.” Many workers are concerned that the shift to EV ...

Barkcamp State Park is among the few places where visitors can experience Ohio's forests as they existed before European settlement. Once the site of a historic logging camp, today it's a destination for camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreation. It's also a place that could see new pressure for oil and gas development if Ohio lawmakers approve lame-duck legislation this month that would remove barriers to drilling under public lands. Neither supporters nor critics have singled out specific parks that could be of interest to the industry, but a planning document from a previous governor's administration reveals at least three areas where oil and gas extraction might occur. They include Barkcamp, as well as Wolf Run State Park and Suncreek Fish State Forest. That document — a strategic communications plan developed by members of the Kasich administration and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 2012 — ignited a political controversy known as Fr...