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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

PG&E pledges net-zero emissions by 2040, will keep using gas

AP2011

The nation’s largest utility on Wednesday outlined a multi-decade plan that aims to more rapidly reduce to zero its net greenhouse gas emissions while still using natural gas to produce power.

Pacific Gas & Electric’s plan is to take more carbon out of the air than it emits by 2040, five years earlier than the goal set by its home state of California and Southern California Edison, the state’s second-largest utility.

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