The US electricity grid could cut its reliance on coal, shut down a quarter of existing nuclear reactors and still run reliably backed by renewable energy sources by 2050. A new report by Synapse Energy Economics for the Civil Society Institute has found that in a 2050 US energy scenario, with a heavy reliance on […]

Americans may not be the gas guzzling fossil fuel lovers we think they are. A new study in the US shows the majority are in favour of shifting to cleaner forms of energy and claims American politicans have got it wrong when it comes to party sympathies with both Republican and Democratic voters saying they […]