How to Use net-zero in a Sentence
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To do it on the timeline that global leaders have set for the world to achieve net-zero emissions?
— Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024 -
Some of that turnover will stem from the drive for net-zero emissions, which will disrupt millions of jobs.
— Rich Miller, Fortune, 26 July 2023 -
Few, if any, of these net-zero pledges are backed by plausible plans.
— Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023 -
Big banks across the country have set targets to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris agreement.
— Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2023 -
The prime minister claims the U.K. can do all this and still reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
— Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023 -
In 2021, Ithaca adopted the first net-zero building code in New York.
— Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024 -
Nestlé still aims to hit its net-zero emissions target by 2050.
— Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 3 July 2023 -
All the evidence shows that no net-zero plans are credible, and the time to divest is now.
— Sheila Thorne, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Unfortunately, the pace is currently too slow for the US to have a net-zero electric grid by the end of the decade.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2023 -
City officials say such a program will help achieve San Diego’s goal of net-zero waste by 2035.
— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024 -
That said, the net-zero pathway foreseen by the IEA involves a lot more than solar power.
— Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023 -
The plan to fly an all-electric flight comes as SAS has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023 -
The event has done the one thing such confabs are supposed never to do, which is expose the truth about climate change and the race to net-zero carbon emissions.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Reaching net-zero emissions would greatly slow the speed of climate change.
— Devika Rao, The Week, 14 July 2023 -
And then there’s this: If your state stays the course, Virginia’s overall energy emissions could reach net-zero by 2050.
— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 July 2023 -
Sustainability is a driving force for the firm, which plans to complete net-zero projects within the next five years.
— Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 12 Aug. 2024 -
The blue line shows what would happen with further action focused on getting us to net-zero emissions by 2050.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 -
Today, it’s poised to be the country’s first net-zero luxury hotel.
— Maridel Reyes, Women's Health, 6 June 2023 -
In a statement to Quartz, Nestlé said that reducing emissions would make the most difference in reaching its net-zero goals.
— Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 3 July 2023 -
The new climate tech has yet to prove itself at scale, but the EU is already folding it into its plan to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024 -
The rules would help achieve the Biden administration’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions in the power sector by 2035.
— Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023 -
While record solar and wind production have helped drive out coal and gas plants at an impressive rate this year, the EU still has a long way to go to reach its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
— William Mathis, Fortune, 3 June 2023 -
That gets ignored because of the IPCC’s emphasis on reaching net-zero emissions.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Rich in sunshine, the country is hoping to become net-zero by 2030, mainly through solar power.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024 -
Milwaukee passed its own Climate and Equity Plan last year, which seeks net-zero emissions by 2050, like Wauwatosa.
— Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024 -
The president has called clean hydrogen essential to his vision of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 2050.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2024 -
The optimistic take is that the plans mark another admission that net-zero is unlikely to happen in Britain.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023 -
California has a goal of reaching net-zero emissions statewide by 2045.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Rather, the company, in the report, set its visions on another goal: reaching net-zero emissions by 2030.
— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 July 2024 -
The company has a goal to achieve net-zero carbon — where the amount of greenhouse gases produced equals the amount removed from the atmosphere — across its operations by 2040.
— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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