Permanent remote work could be a ticket to lower carbon emissions

Published April 23, 2021 1:00pm ET



There are ways to lower carbon emissions in the United States without killing the economy. Some could even be good for it.

In an age in which high-speed broadband internet is the norm in much of the U.S. and a pandemic has killed nearly 600,000 people in the country, remote work has become an important piece of the U.S. economy. To mitigate the spread of the virus, businesses have more people working from home, voluntarily or otherwise, setting up what could be a pro-business and pro-worker blueprint to help mitigate the effects of climate change, mostly in the private sector.

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