Maintaining remote working after the coronavirus lockdown in the U.K. could cut two airports’ worth of emissions and eliminate 11.3 billion miles of commutes, a British clean air campaign has found.
Researchers found that people’s experience of cleaner air and quieter streets has bolstered support for changing conventional ways of working.
According to the U.K. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, pollution in some British cities fell 60% during lockdown. Data from Breathe London, managed by the charity Environmental Defense Fund Europe, show levels of levels of nitrogen dioxide, which harms the lungs, fell 20-24% in central London.
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