Remote work helps the environment. Here’s how.

Five years after COVID accelerated the remote work revolution, its effect on the air is clear.

For nearly 76 percent of Americans in 2019, this was a typical workweek: Wake up, get dressed, pile into a car alone, work, drive home, sleep … and repeat five times.

But starting in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees who weren’t essential workers to switch to …