Corporate leaders visited the White House in January, making the case for aggressive action on climate change.
“My view is we’re out of time to protect our climate and we’re out of time to make sure that American companies are the ones that lead the world in these technologies,” Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger, who attended the meeting told President Biden. “When we invest, we can win, and we can create jobs for our workers here in the United States,” Cummins said according to a report on the meeting.
Corporate executives including General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Ford CEO Jim Farley and Microsoft President Brad Smith also championed climate action. The nation’s leading CEO voiced support for advancing the Build Back Better Act and pushed for tax credits for hydrogen production, and other initiatives that reduce carbon, drive job creation and enhance American competitiveness, Cummins noted.
“When we invest, we can win and we can create jobs for our workers here in the United States,” Linebarger told Biden. ”That’s what we intend to do at Cummins, and that’s what I think all of us can do if we invest in climate change technologies now.”
“But we can’t do it alone,” Linebarger added. “The truth is we need investment. Tax credits in the Build Back Better Act for hydrogen and clean trucks will play a big role in getting all of us to invest in infrastructure and other things we need to get this going.”