China's government is set to send two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo as soon as the end of this summer, U.S. zoological officials told AP late Wednesday.
Why it matters: The presence of the iconic bears at U.S. zoos has been a sign of friendship between the two nations since the arrival of the first giant pandas following the normalizing of ties in 1972.
A dozen teams nationwide are getting millions in Department of Energy funding to develop batteries for electric regional aircraft, trains and ships.
Why it matters: If any such moonshot is successful and scaleable, it could help curb the massive amounts of carbon emitted from heavy-duty transportation.
The latest ongoing atmospheric river was unleashing heavy rain and thunderstorms, mountain snow and gusty winds over much of the West Coast and parts of the Intermountain West into Wednesday.
The big picture: "Southern California is once again 'under the gun' for numerous instances of flash flooding as the main band of atmospheric river rainfall focuses through the overnight hours there," per a Wednesday morning National Weather Service forecast discussion.
