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When Terry and Ernest Bateson hear rumbling, they know the trucks are coming.  Every year, semi-trucks filled to the brim with liquid manure drive by the retired farmers home in Wood Countys Portage Township. The semi-trucks are carrying waste from the CAFOs, or "concentrated animal feeding operations" – in laymans terms, factory farms.  "The road turns brown from the spillage," Ernest Bateson said.  The number of animals in the Maumee watershed has doubled from 9 to 20 million from 2...

Aaron Doster / Associated Press Ohios restrictions and guidelines around COVID-19 have changed tremendously since the governor issued his first public health orders last March. As part of WOSU’s A Year Of COVID series, we asked readers what questions they still had about the pandemic and the states response. Reader Adam Leeds sent in this question:  Does Ohio still have a ban on mass gatherings? The short answer is yes. Ohio may have ended its stay-at-home order and canceled the nightl...

The Dispatch, that fuel cell technologies have advanced to the point that carbon-free emissions vehicles of all sizes are truly right around the corner. He says Ohio is in a great position to play an outsized manufacturing role in this industry.   Question: Are fuel cells a viable industry right now?  Matter: Yes. Where mobile fuel cells have really taken off is in forklifts. Plug Power, for instance, is the industry leader right now, and they’re expanding in Ohio, which is big in...

I just read where Josh Mandel has announced he is running for the U.S. Senate job being vacated by Rob Portman.I wondered if this was a good thing and rece