In anticipation of the today’s approval of the Willow Project, the Interior Department announced on Sunday that it would expand existing bans on new oil and gas leasing in Arctic waters and prevent new drilling across much of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of SAFE and member of the SAFE Energy Security Leadership […]
Avery Ash to Lead SAFE’s Government Affairs Operation March 7, 2023 – SAFE today announced the addition of Avery Ash, a leading transportation policy expert and advocate, as Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Special Initiatives. In this role Ash will develop and lead SAFE’s engagement with policymakers and regulators to advance transportation and […]
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. government recently announced a 200% tariff on Russian aluminum. Joe Quinn, Vice President and Director of the SAFE Center for Strategic Industrial Materials, said: “The administration’s new tariff on Russian aluminum demonstrates that we are willing to confront supplier nations that do not share America’s interests or values. The tariff complements […]
Lowering and stabilizing energy costs will bolster domestic industry. The U.S. is at risk of greater reliance on adversarial countries for critical materials. Washington, D.C. – Today, The SAFE Center for Strategic Industrial Materials (C-SIM) released The U.S. Aluminum Industry’s Energy Problem and Energy Solution, the first report in a series of policy papers regarding […]
Nearly 7 billion hours are lost in traffic and more than 3 billion gallons of fuel wasted annually in the U.S. Shared, electric AVs could result in a 50% reduction in fuel consumption, 75% reduction in CO2 emissions, and 6% reduction in congestion. Current U.S. regulations make AV deployment at scale impossible and limit innovative […]
