Global warming – the gradual increase in the average temperature of air near the Earth’s surface and its ocean water – is projected to continue. But there are ways we can help.
With greening initiatives on the forefront of government officials’ minds, reducing carbon emissions by allowing government employees to telework a few days per week may help mitigate climate change.
Boosting the ranks of federal employees who telework is a slow, sometimes painful process, despite numerous incentives and legislative edicts lobbed at U.S. agencies over the years.
Other stories on this topicTake the situation at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which last month was ordered by a federal arbitration panel to allow its legal instrument examiners to telework on a pilot basis.
Why don’t we do something similar in Ontario and legislate a small percentage of governments jobs as telework jobs for Northern Ontario communities. Steve
The car is still king in Markham and Richmond Hill. But it’s their shared commitment to automobile alternatives that earned a national award this week.
The towns’ co-venture, Smart Commute 404-7, has received the Canadian Transportation Association’s Sustainable Urban Transportation Award.