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 […]
STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds Century Aluminum’s Announcement to Boost Domestic Aluminum Production
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 […]
STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds Bipartisan SPEED Act as an Important Step Toward Addressing Permitting Bottlenecks for Defense-Critical Energy and Mineral Projects
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 […]
STATEMENT: SAFE Welcomes AI Action Plan
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 However, fragmented regulatory approaches and outdated energy infrastructure planning have slowed the adoption, deployment, and scaling of AI, particularly in the transportation and defense […]
STATEMENT: Energy Tax Credit Revisions Surrender America’s Command of Defense-Critical Energy Technologies
Changes to energy tax credits in the Senate’s newly revised OBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) would jeopardize financing and deployment of reliable, defense-critical energy technologies at a time when the nation needs every available energy source to meet surging demand and protect national security. Avery Ash, SAFE’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, issued […]
