The race for leadership in AI deployment, and the standards surrounding its use, is accelerating. The potential benefits of AI for improving the safety and efficiency of our daily lives are expanding, particularly in transportation. AI-enabled autonomous technologies in transportation have already reduced injury claims by up to 92%, freight delivery times by 25%, and [...] Read More... The post WEBINAR: “AI in Motion: Securing America’s Edge in Safer, Smarter Transportation” Report Laun...| SAFE
Washington, DC—The USGS has released a new draft Critical Minerals list and methodology, which incorporates forward-looking information on likely disruptions to future critical mineral supplies. Previously, the USGS’s critical minerals list was only a snapshot in time, providing a gap for analysts and industry trying to assess future risks—especially for minerals that didn’t qualify under [...] Read More... The post STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds USGS Inclusion of Forward-Looking Economic C...| SAFE
Washington D.C. —In response to the Department of Energy’s announcement of Actions to Secure American Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chain, Abigail Hunter, SAFE’s Executive Director of the Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, released the following statement: “The Department of Energy’s announcement is an important step toward leveraging existing funding authorities to address the upstream and [...] Read More... The post STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds the Department of Energy...| SAFE
Washington, DC—In response to Century Aluminum’s announcement that they will restart over 50,000MT of idled production at its Mt. Holly, SC smelter, Joe Quinn, Executive Director of SAFE’s Center for Strategic Industrial Materials (C-SIM), released the following statement: “Aluminum is critical to our economic and national security. Increasing domestic primary aluminum production is vital for [...] Read More... The post STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds Century Aluminum’s Announcement to B...| SAFE
Washington, D.C. — SAFE applauds the introduction of the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act) by House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Representative Jared Golden (D-ME). The bill would reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to streamline federal environmental reviews by clarifying procedural requirements and limiting duplicative or speculative [...] Read More... The post STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds Bipartisan SPEED Act as...| SAFE
Washington, D.C.—Artificial intelligence is already defining America’s economy – reshaping how people and goods move, how products are made and consumed, how the U.S. competes globally, and how we defend ourselves. However, fragmented regulatory approaches and outdated energy infrastructure planning have slowed the adoption, deployment, and scaling of AI, particularly in the transportation and defense [...] Read More... The post STATEMENT: SAFE Welcomes AI Action Plan appeared first on ...| SAFE
The U.S. has reached an “inflection point” that demands “swift and decisive action” to reverse erosion of industrial capacity and tech leadership, warns a major new report from the nonprofit Securing America’s Future Energy. Why it matters: “The rise of China as a global economic and military competitor presents one of the most existential challenges the United States has [...] Read More... The post Axios: Group offers energy and industrial playbook for countering China appear...| SAFE
Read the Pillars of Power Report The erosion of U.S. industrial capacity and supply chain security has created an American economy heavily dependent on imports of critical minerals, industrial materials, and advanced manufacturing technologies that underpin energy production, manufacturing, and defense capabilities. As the world transitions to a minerals-based economy and civilian industries and defense [...] Read More... The post The Pillars of Power: A Strategy for Energy Security and Indus...| SAFE
SAFE’s new report offers a strategy to shift from industrial decline to America’s next golden age. Announcing the release of The Pillars of Power: A Strategy for Security and Industrial Resiliency, SAFE brought together an esteemed panel of experts to discuss the report’s content, recommendations, and key challenges facing the nation’s energy security today and [...] Read More... The post The Pillars of Power | Report Launch Webinar appeared first on SAFE.| SAFE
This op-ed originally appeared in The National Interest on July 2, 2025. Read the original. Washington’s oil market hubris risks repeating the mistakes of the past — and threatens national security as well. Fifty years ago, the United States learned a painful lesson about the cost of oil dependence. In 1973, following US support for [...] Read More... The post The National Interest: “Americans Will Regret Washington’s Oil Market Hubris” appeared first on SAFE.| SAFE
According to the calculations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the cost to the United States of defending the global oil supply is zero. This zero-cost estimate comes from the methodology used by the U.S. government budgets for national defense. Since it is difficult to assign a cost to [...]Read More...| SAFE