Atlanta-based Southern Company has a new climate change goal: To achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
That means Southern Company’s subsidiaries like Georgia Power could still be releasing greenhouse gases from their power plants, but the company will do things to offset that pollution.
Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning made the announcement at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday.
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