Critical minerals are becoming essential components of modern technologies. They play a transformative role in powering artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and national security. These materials underpin clean energy and defense systems advancements while driving global economic growth. However, the U.S. faces significant challenges, including its dependence on foreign-controlled supply chains, regulatory inefficiencies, and investment shortfalls. […]
Trading Tensions: Navigating Policy Tools for a Diverse Critical Minerals Supply Chain
As critical minerals become increasingly essential to national security, advanced industrial competitiveness, and energy resiliency, they have become the focus of new geopolitical rivalries. Trade policy has emerged as an area of bipartisan alignment as U.S. policymakers work to confront global supply chain, manufacturing, and competitiveness challenges. This report from SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals […]
Unlocking 21st Century Mobility System: How to Rethink the Future of Mobility and Restore Leadership in Transportation Innovation
This seminal report from SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo) aims to reset the narrative around transportation innovation on the premise that bold action and coordinated commitment among a diverse set of stakeholders is necessary to unlock the potential of mobility enabling technologies that benefit society and the planet at-large and improve people’s daily lives. […]
SAFE Case Study Finds Electric, Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) Could Significantly Reduce Air and Noise Pollution in Cities
The latest case study from SAFE’s Center for Automated Transportation Technology (CATT) shows that modest deployment of electric, shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) would result in noise and air pollution reductions, especially in disadvantaged communities, where these impacts are often disproportionately concentrated. The case study, “Environmental and Equity Implications of Electric, Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) in […]
SAFE Report: U.S. Must Address Power Grid Vulnerability, Transmission Infrastructure To Ensure Secure Energy Transition
Washington, D.C. (September 26, 2023)—Today, SAFE’s Grid Security Project (GSP) released a report, Grid in Peril: The Problem Statement, detailing the significant risks that threaten the U.S. electrical power grid’s ability to provide reliable and resilient electric power. This report outlines the confluence of current and emerging challenges facing this essential infrastructure as the U.S. […]