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Telework mostly benefits white, affluent Americans – and offers few climate benefits

  • Written by Cutler J Cleveland, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University

Back in in 2018 – in the pre-pandemic world – about 5% of the U.S. workforce teleworked from home. That changed dramatically with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; by May 2020 that number had jumped to about 35%. Tech giants Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter announced plans to extend teleworking well into the fall and...

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