Is home working really the greener option?

James S Murray
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The coronavirus lockdown may have led to a fall in emissions, but assumptions that home-working automatically cuts carbon could prove to be wide of the mark

The offices are empty, the air is clear, and the roads are so quiet you can hear the birdsong. As has been widely reported, the coronavirus lockdown has triggered crushing economic consequences, but it...

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