“Once we lose competitiveness and know-how in this industrial arena, it is impossible to regain.” Responding to news reports that Uber will deploy 100,000 BYD electric vehicles as part of its global ridesharing service, SAFE experts issued the following statements. Avery Ash, Executive Director of SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo), said: “This is yet […]
PRESS RELEASE: SAFE Urges Advancement of Permitting Reform Legislation in Letter to Senate Leadership
Without these permitting reforms we risk a future of energy scarcity as demand is surging from national priorities—including advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence—that are key to our security, prosperity, and competitiveness. Washington, D.C.—In advance of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s markup of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, SAFE has submitted a […]
STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds Introduction of Permitting Reform Package
Provisions on Interregional Planning and Accelerated Judicial Review are Key to Energy Leadership and National Security Washington, D.C.—The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has unveiled a bipartisan permitting reform proposal led by Chairman Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). In response, SAFE experts issued the following statements: Robbie Diamond, Founder and […]
STATEMENT: SAFE Applauds Introduction of “Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024”
SAFE Urges Continued Integration of Domestic and International Mineral Priorities and Codified Support of Mineral Security Partnership Washington, D.C.—In response to the introduction of the Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024, Abigail Hunter, Executive Director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Mineral Strategy, released the following statement: “Mineral security is national security. We applaud […]
SAFE Responds to House Committee Findings of Labor Abuses in Chinese Battery Supply Chains
Washington, DC—Responding to recent findings by House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party about potential slave labor practices in China’s battery supply chain, SAFE Founder, President, and CEO Robbie Diamond issued the following statement: “The recent findings from the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party expose broadly suspected abuses in an opaque and impenetrable mineral and […]
