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Climate change: Is video streaming pushing up harmful emissions?

Jun 16, 2021

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Video call largely replaced face-to-face interactions, both in and out of the workplace. Image: Unsplash/Chris Montgomery

Lin Taylor

Journalist, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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