The growth of remote and hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic showed limiting trips to the office can reduce the carbon footprint of simply working by as much as 58% in the United States.

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      1 year ago

      It’s probably questionable because the headline is worded misleadingly. You wouldn’t cut overall emissions in half, but you’d cut a portion of them in half.

      Only 28% of ghg are from transportation Ghg mix

      Only 57% of that might be cut down by working from home Transportation breakdown

      You’d get a bit of savings from commercial too