5. Blog grid – background overlap

photo:  freepik A Devon council has been awarded more than £760,000 of funding to deliver energy efficiency improvements to some of its buildings. North Devon Council said £762,065 from the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme would be used to improve Ilfracombe’s Landmark Theatre and the Brynsworthy Environment Centre in Fremington. Improvements funded by the grant…

photo: freepik There’s a pincer movement on offshore energy installations around Scotland’s coast – on one side from the rapid development of drones, from the other, their growing use in hostilities. As Ukrainians know well, the threat comes from the air. But it can also be afloat, with underwater sabotage a major new theatre of…

photo: freepik A water firm is using technology worth £20m for the first time in the UK to pump ozone gas into a river to reduce pollutants. Severn Trent Water is using the process on waste water to clean up the River Teme in Ludlow, Shropshire. It aims to reduce bacteria, micro pollutants and medications…

photo: Freepik NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped in in mixed trading trading on Wall Street Monday and oil prices fell to a four-year low as the OPEC+ group announced plans to increase output. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The benchmark index is coming off of its ninth straight gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…

photo: Freepik A new study has revealed that electric vehicles could save money for 80% of drivers, with motorists saving on average close to $8,000. As reported by Fleet World, research conducted by New AutoMotive and published by Electric Vehicles UK assessed around 480 scenarios and found that owning an EV can save most people around £5,850 (close to $8,000).…