Move over net zero, 'real zero' is one-upping you: A utility adopts a new term to show it's serious about the climate crisis. Presented by Deloitte.
This article is part of Insider's weekly newsletter on sustainability, written by Catherine Boudreau, senior sustainability reporter. The term was coined Tuesday by NextEra Energy,to nearly eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions by 2045 through a massive expansion of solar farms and battery storage, plus the eventual replacement of natural gas with hydrogen made from renewables, also known as green hydrogen.
"I think real zero is a poke in the eye to other companies," Susannah Randolph, the senior campaign representative in Florida for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, said."I'm hopeful it will be a delineation from net zero, which has so many holes it's like Swiss cheese." . Some 40% of companies intend to use carbon offsets to meet the goal, while less than 2% explicitly rule them out. That means almost 60% didn't say one way or the other.
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