Reports

Resources for Resources: Financing Critical Minerals Supply Chains

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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. […]

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Wired for Defense: The National Security Imperative of Transmission Expansion

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The power grid’s ability to provide reliable electricity to homes, industrial centers, and military installations is crucial for both economic and national security. However, a complex regulatory environment, regional differences among utility providers, and obstacles to modernization efforts have resulted in an outdated grid system that is increasingly strained and susceptible to outages. This report […]

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Trading Tensions: Navigating Policy Tools for a Diverse Critical Minerals Supply Chain

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DOWNLOAD THE REPORT 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 […]

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Unlocking 21st Century Mobility System: How to Rethink the Future of Mobility and Restore Leadership in Transportation Innovation

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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.  […]

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SAFE Case Study Finds Electric, Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) Could Significantly Reduce Air and Noise Pollution in Cities

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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 […]

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