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A whopping $800 billion in American public funding is set to go to clean energy projects over the next decade. And nets have been used in wars for centuries to protect against torpedoes and battleships. How can they be used as a defence against today's more advanced weapons? But first... Celebrations could be heard all over the streets of Greece. The country's ruling conservatives secured Ora's sounding victory in this weekend's election.

Although Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party fell short of a majority in parliament, meaning there will be a second vote, the incumbent prime minister did much better than expected. Will he be able to continue the country’s rebound story? America’s clean energy investments are spurring green lobbyists to action. And, how might simple nets protect Ukrainians from drones?

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