Southern Company joins pledges for 2050 net zero carbon goal

Southern Company has become the latest utility to embrace a net zero carbon emissions target by 2050, in a development that environmental groups are greeting warmly as a sign of evolving climate action in the Southeast even as they pledge to closely scrutinize the details of its implementation. Southern Company’s commitment, made May 27 at its annual shareholder meeting, is coupled with a reaffirmation of an intermediate goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2030, a goal...