An expansive severe thunderstorm outbreak brought the threat of "strong to violent" tornadoes and straight-line wind damage to 42 million people across at least 12 states on Friday.
The big picture: The severe weather is associated with a sharp cold front and intense storm system bringing heavy snow to the Plains and parts of the Midwest.
A truck stop electrification company and a defunct pro basketball league have nothing in common, except that they just merged.
Driving the news: Shorepower, an Oregon-based firm founded in 2004, has gone public via a reverse merger with the United States Basketball League, which operated between 1985 and 2008.
President Biden's plan for stringent sourcing requirements in his expanded consumer EV tax credit aims to promote certainty — but it leaves room for China-linked vehicles to be left out in the future.
Why it matters: The new details released Fridaymean fewer electric vehicles will likely qualify for the credit, but they might help confused companies and consumers.
It's long been clear that uneven federal disaster recovery and relief efforts lead to exacerbated racial and social divides.
The big picture: From tracking disaster impacts, response and recovery for Black communities following a devastating tornado to providing food supplies to Latino farmers amid deadly wildfires, community-based organizations across the country are revising that narrative.
California's snowpack is at record-high levels following a relentless series of atmospheric rivers — and forecasters warn another winter storm is due to hit the Golden State this weekend.
The big picture: The latest bomb cyclone associated with an atmospheric river that dumped more heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada this week helped break the record 1982-1983 season in terms of water content on Thursday, per the California Department of Water Resources.
