Press Releases

2013 April

Governor Bill Richardson joins Fuel Freedom Foundation’s board of advisors

Apr 22, 2013
Governor Bill Richardson joins the fight to break America’s oil addiction IRVINE—April 22, 2013— Fuel Freedom Foundation announced today that former governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, has joined their board of advisors. Richardson’s accomplished... Read the article

Douglas Foy joins Fuel Freedom Foundation as senior legal advisor

Apr 18, 2013
Douglas Foy joins national effort to give Americans choice at the pump IRVINE, CA.—April 18, 2013— Doug Foy, president of Serrafix and former Secretary of the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development under Mitt Romney will... Read the article

John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Company, joins Fuel Freedom Foundation’s board of advisors

Apr 4, 2013
Visionary, business leader and energy educator joins Fuel Freedom Foundation’s national effort to break America’s oil addiction IRVINE, CA–APRIL 4, 2013 – John Hofmeister, energy and leadership expert, former president of Shell Oil and CEO... Read the article

2013 March

Fuel Freedom Foundation Launches Book Club and Webinar Series

Mar 29, 2013
Fuel Freedom Campaign Dedicated to Creating a Choice at the Pump Launches Book Club and Webinar Series IRVINE, CA–MARCH 28, 2013 -  Fuel Freedom Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign dedicated to ending America’s oil addiction through... Read the article

Fuel Freedom Foundation Appoints New Director Of Research

Mar 19, 2013
Former TIAX LLC Director Michael D. Jackson Joins Fuel Freedom Foundation’s Effort to End America’s Addiction to Oil IRVINE, CA.—MARCH 20, 2013—Fuel Freedom Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign dedicated to breaking America’s oil addiction, announces... Read the article

Donald Dunn, Former Clinton White House Political Affairs Official, Joins Fuel Freedom Foundation

Mar 12, 2013
Donald Dunn Joins Fuel Freedom Foundation’s Effort to Break America’s Oil Addiction IRVINE, CA—MARCH 12—Fuel Freedom Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign dedicated to breaking America’s oil addiction, announced today that Donald Dunn, fundraiser and political... Read the article

2012 October

Fuel Freedom Foundation Launches Campaign to End America’s Oil Addiction

Oct 22, 2012
Southern California Event Brings Together Leading Experts and Supporters to Kick-off Replacement Fuels Campaign NEWPORT BEACH, CA—OCT. 22—Fuel Freedom Foundation officially launched its campaign to end America’s oil addiction with a major event held at... Read the article

Quest Software Founder Vinny Smith Announces $1 Million Donation To The Fuel Freedom Foundation

Oct 17, 2012
The High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Gift Through the Orange County Community Foundation Will Support Efforts to Break America’s Oil Addiction IRVINE, CA.—OCT. 17,2012—Vinny Smith, technology entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software, which recently... Read the article

Coast Magazine Interviews Fuel Freedom Founders

Oct 8, 2012
Terence Loose, staff writer at the well-respected Coast Magazine, interviewed Fuel Freedom Foundation Founders, Eyal Aronoff and Yossie Hollander, about how our addiction to oil is crushing our economy and harming our environment. The Fuel... Read the article

2012 September

Fuel Freedom announces winners of first college video Competition

Sep 25, 2012
Three Chapman University Filmmakers are Selected for Productions That Exemplify the Severity of America’s Oil Addiction IRVINE, CA.–Sept. 25–The Fuel Freedom Foundation today announced the winners of its first college video competition, recognizing the work... Read the article

2012 August

Fuel Freedom: Report from Pikes Peak

Aug 13, 2012
At the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, they say you have to take what the mountain gives you. Well, yesterday the mountain gave us enough snow, freezing rain and slick roads to frustrate drivers, crews,... Read the article

Fuel Freedom’s methanol-powered race cars ready to make the run at Pikes Peak on Aug. 12

Aug 3, 2012
Fuel Freedom is sponsoring six-time Pikes Peak winner Paul Dallenbach, and his nephew, Wyatt Dallenbach, as they tackle the grueling 12.42-mile course, which includes a vertical climb of nearly one mile. The 90th running of... Read the article

2012 June

Fuel Freedom Sponsors Dallenbach Racing’s methanol cars in Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Jun 25, 2012
IRVINE, CA—JUNE 25—Fuel Freedom, a nonpartisan campaign to break America’s oil dependency by opening fuel markets to competition from alternative fuels, is sponsoring methanol-powered cars driven by six-time PPIHC winner Paul Dallenbach, and his nephew,... Read the article

Fuel Freedom’s Yossie Hollander tells Chapman University TEDx Conference how to “end our oil addiction”

Jun 25, 2012
IRVINE, CA—JUNE 25—Fuel Freedom Foundation Co-Founder Yossie Hollander told the first TEDx audience at Chapman University June 21st that American consumers could have $2-a-gallon transportation fuel tomorrow if alternative fuels like natural gas, methanol, ethanol... Read the article

Real Clear Energy Interviews Fuel Freedom Co-Founder Yossie Hollander

Jun 13, 2012
William Tucker, author and news editor at realclearenergy.org, interviews Fuel Freedom Foundation co-founder Yossie Hollander about the potential for methanol fuel and praises Fuel Freedom’s “smart national campaign” to open transportation fuel markets to competition.... Read the article

2012 May

IMF Warning on Oil Prices Shows Urgent Need for Alternative Fuel Sources, Fuel Freedom Foundation Says

May 24, 2012
The Fuel Freedom Foundation says that a new warning from the International Monetary Fund underscores the urgency of opening markets to competition from alternative fuels such as natural gas, ethanol, methanol and electricity. The IMF Working Paper, entitled “The Future... Read the article

The Fuel Freedom Foundation Sponsors Video Competition With Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

May 19, 2012
In what will serve as the first stage of a national competition, the Fuel Freedom Foundation is sponsoring a contest for students at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to produce a... Read the article

2012 March

Fuel Freedom Gives $1.5M To University Of Chicago For Economics Research

Mar 15, 2012
The University of Chicago today announced that the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) has received a $1.5 million gift from the Fuel Freedom Foundation to establish the Future of Transportation Fuels Initiative. The Initiative... Read the article