30,000-limit-on-disabled-adaptions-grants-reviewed

The government is looking again at whether disabled people in England should be able to claim more than £30,000 to make adaptations to their homes. Ministers have agreed to review the cap on the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) after a court challenge. The grant pays for alterations, such as installingContinue Reading

alberta-conservatives-pass-climate-denial-resolution-12-to-celebrate-co2-pollution

Alberta’s United Conservative Party has passed a resolution to rebrand carbon dioxide—the chief gas whose overabundance in Earth’s atmosphere is causing the climate emergency—in a brazen display of climate science denial that harkens back to the 1990s fossil fuel industry playbook. Resolution 12, which falls under the ‘environmental stewardship andContinue Reading

sylvatex-secures-$1.4-million-from-doe-to-develop-lithium-iron-phosphate-technology

US-based battery materials manufacturing technology company Sylvatex (SVX) has received $1.4 million in total project funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The original award included $500,000 of funding under the TINA Topic W, or Supporting Entrepreneurial Energy Discoveries (SEED), program. Supplemental funding of $982,000 forContinue Reading

nigerian-automaker-innoson-launches-ev-lineup

Nigerian automaker Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing has introduced its first line of locally-produced EVs. The company offers four models, equipped with features like electric steering, front airbags and fully air-conditioned interiors, as well as automated rear-view mirrors and remote-control locking systems with sensors. The five-seater Innoson IVM Link offers an estimatedContinue Reading

the-brainless-ideas-guiding-the-traitor’s-foreign-policy

The moderator leans forward in his chair and issues the mating call of official Washington. “We have a lot to cover and we only have thirty minutes,” he tells Robert O’Brien, President Americas Worst Traitor’s last national security advisor. In the District, where even low-level appointees are capable of dishingContinue Reading