By FREE Staff With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the United States entered a new age in its clean energy transition. The law, passed last August 2022, is the single largest federal investment in a clean energy economy in the country’s history. The IRA not only created financial incentives, loans and programs to […]
Read More »A New Climate Chapter: The 2022 US Inflation Reduction Act Spurs Action to Address Climate Change
By FREE Staff Attempts by the federal government to enact meaningful climate policy have often been stifled due to political intransigence and infighting. A recent phenomenon documented by the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment (FREE) research team is the growing hostility by the national Republican party towards climate science and action, with Democratic party […]
Read More »Acceleration of Community-Wide Clean Energy Investments in the Green Bond Market
By FREE Staff In June of 2023, a local community initiative in California announced the launch of its second pre-paid ‘green bond’ of $1 billion to procure 685.5 megawatt (MW) of renewable energy to serve its one million community members. The green bond will be applied to operate four power purchase agreements, three for solar […]
Read More »Sustainable Strides: How U.S. Corporate Pledges and Green Investments Are Shaping a Sustainable Future
By FREE Staff The United States, with the deployment of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds, is actively pursuing greater policy action in the fight against climate change. The corporate sector is making strides to do its part. Two aspects of corporate action stand out. First, companies across the United States are increasingly willing to publicly […]
Read More »The G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
By Thomas S. Benson In May 2023, the leaders of G7 convened to discuss, among other things, their clean energy economy action plan. This plan includes initiatives to establish resilient global supply chains, promote clean energy technologies, promote trade and investment in clean energy goods and services, support for allies in their energy transition, reduce […]
Read More »How Decentralized, Polycentric Governing has Led to Innovation and Progress in the Fight Against Climate Change
“The largest city in Massachusetts, Boston, has recently started its own community clean energy (CCE) and plans to build out 100 MW in solar installations to service its low-income community members.” Over the last two decades, one of the most frustratingly consistent aspects of federal climate change policy has been inaction. The national Republican Party […]
Read More »It’s Time for Transformational Climate Policy
Harmful effects of climate change are happening faster than expected. We need policies and initiatives that do more to keep up with the pace of change. Evidence of the human impact on climate change is well-established. The challenge for policymakers now is to understand the true pace and consequences of that impact and how to […]
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