From this: Engine manufacturer Cummins must pay the second largest environmental penalty in United States history: a whopping $1.6 billion to settle claims that it outfitted hundreds of thousands of trucks with software to defeat pollution controls.
Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes: Jennifer Rumsey is the CEO of Cummins. She’s been a high level member of management for over a decade and was intimately involved in this scheme to defraud California regulators and presumedly those in other states. While I appreciate that her company has been fined $1.6 billion, it is also a fact that the consequences of her crime involve more human deaths from the added diesel pollution. Seems she should spend time in prison for that.
As I noted repeatedly during the (extremely similar) VW emissions scandal, corporate malfeasance, while it isn’t brand new, continues to escalate as time passes.
When I was working as a business consultant a few decades ago, principally to the Fortune 100 tech companies, no-one would have dreamed suggesting a conspiracy to defraud government regulators, cheat customers, and endanger the health of everyone on Earth. If someone had actually done so, he would have been fired immediately and escorted off the premise by security.
Times have changed, to put it kindly.
If the situation in the United States weren’t so tragic, this meme would be funny.
The Republicans are banking on the fact that American voters are so stupid that they don’t know that it was the Trump administration that created the affordability issues. Gas prices around here are currently almost exactly $2.00 more than they were when Trump started this pointless and illegal war in Iran.
Does what Hannah Arendt said at left apply to Donald Trump today?
Not sure. I’m fairly certain that, for instance, Trump wants as many morons as possible to believe that the 2020 election was rigged.
However, the bulk of what she said is absolutely true. Trump most certainly wants to deprive people of the capacity to think and judge.
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ACORE to Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange to Celebrate 25 Years
Washington, D.C. – ACORE will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 29 at 9:30 a.m. ET to celebrate its 25th anniversary of powering investment in American clean energy.
For 25 years, ACORE has been working across the entire clean energy business process, uniting technology, policy, and finance to accelerate America’s transition to a clean energy economy.
ACORE’s President and CEO Ray Long will ring the bell alongside members of the ACORE Board.
If you are interested in a conversation with ACORE CEO Ray Long, please let us know at communications@acore.org.
When: Wednesday, July 29 at 9:30 a.m. ET
Where: New York Stock Exchange, 11 Wall Street, New York, NY. Media wishing to attend in person should RSVP to Chris Higginbotham beforehand. The ceremony will also be livestreamed at https://www.nyse.com/bell.
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About ACORE:
ACORE is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that operates at the intersection of affordability, reliability, and clean energy deployment. Our work is focused on stabilizing energy prices, strengthening the electric grid, and driving investment in cost-effective technologies to ensure that clean energy delivers for people, businesses, and the U.S. economy.
ACORE’s membership includes clean energy investors, developers, energy buyers, power generators, manufacturers, and energy providers. In 2024, nearly 80% of the booming utility-scale domestic clean energy growth was financed, developed, owned, equipped, or contracted by ACORE members.
Media Contacts:
Chris Higginbotham
higginbotham@acore.org
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