The Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment (FREE) is delighted to announce that Dr. Gayoung Song has successfully completed her doctoral studies in Energy & Environmental Policy at the Korea University Graduate School of Energy & Environment (GREEN School). As a recipient of the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 FREE Doctoral Fellowship, we are proud to see […]

For Immediate Release July 15, 2022 The recent passing of Jaime Lerner in 2021 provides a timely moment to evaluate the legacy of Lerner and the city he had a major role in defining: Curitiba, Brazil. A new article by Deborah L. Bleviss makes the case that the innovative principles underlying the original design of […]

State and local governments, along with civil actors, are transforming U.S. energy-climate-society relations according to the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment For Immediate Release June 14, 2022 New York — Despite national climate and energy policy failure in the United States, the American people, through their state and local governments and regional partnerships, have […]

For Immediate ReleaseJuly 5, 2022 Dr. John Byrne told a Korean television audience that as the renewable energy markets have grown in the United States, coal markets have declined. This means disappearing jobs for coal workers and rapidly increasing jobs in renewable energy industries. He said creative ways are in the works to make it […]

For Immediate Release June 3, 2022 NEW YORK – In a talk to the Korean Energy Transition Forum, Dr. John Byrne called it a paradox that despite national climate and energy policy failure in the United States, the American people, through their state and local governments and regional partnerships, have been successful in their demands […]