Why Companies’ ‘Net-Zero’ Emissions Pledges Should Trigger a Healthy Dose of Skepticism

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By GuestMar 25, 2021, 4:18 pm266 pts
Read time: 6 mins By Oliver Miltenberger, The University of Melbourne and Matthew D. Potts, University of California, Berkeley Originally published in The Conversation Hundreds of companies, including major emitters like United Airlines, BP and Shell, have pledged to reduce their impact on climate change…

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