How Green Is Wind Power, Really? A New Report Tallies Up The Carbon Cost Of Renewables
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2021/04/28/how-green-is-wind-power-really-a-new-report-tallies-up-the-carbon-cost-of-renewables/?sh=10c20d3b73cd

Good news: amortizing the carbon cost over the decades-long lifespan of the equipment, Bernstein determined that wind power has a carbon footprint 99% less than coal-fired power plants, 98% less than natural gas, and a surprise 75% less than solar.

Původ CO2 emisí v roce 2019 (tmavší je horší)

Britská zpravodajská služba MI6 začala špehovat vyspělé průmyslové země, zda dodržují své klimatické závazky. V prvním rozhovoru, který kdy představitel MI6 poskytl britské rozhlasové stanici, to řekl současný ředitel rozvědky Richard Moore. Vyjádřil se též k špionážním aktivitám Ruska, které označil za „upadající mocnost“.

Britská tajná služba MI6 začala se zelenou špionáží, přiznal její šéf - iDNES.cz
https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/mi6-klima-spionaz-zelena-politika-rusko-vrbetice.A210426_125019_zahranicni_jhr

Takhle si ničíme přírodu: Google Earth přidal časosběrná videa, která ukazují vliv klimatických změn – Živě.cz
https://m.zive.cz/takhle-si-nicime-prirodu-google-earth-pridal-casosberna-videa-ktera-ukazuji-vliv-klimatickych-zmen/a-209608

Dí­ky Go­o­gle Earth si ale mů­že­te udě­lat ob­rá­zek, jak se svět kvů­li vý­ky­vu tep­lot změ­nil, a to do­slo­va. Služ­ba do své vir­tu­ál­ní Ze­mě při­da­la ně­ko­lik ča­sosběr­ných 3D vi­deí, kte­ré uka­zu­jí vý­voj kra­ji­ny za ně­ko­lik de­sí­tek let, zejmé­na pak v re­gi­o­nech, kte­ré jsou kli­ma­tic­ký­mi změ­na­mi po­sti­že­ny nej­ví­ce.

But in many areas, electricity currently comes from fossil sources: coal, oil, natural gas. That has led to worries that widespread adoption of electric vehicles and heat pumps could actually result in increased carbon emissions.
A comprehensive analysis of 59 different regions of the world provides some reassurance: “Already under current carbon intensities of electricity generation, electric cars and heat pumps are less emission intensive than fossil-fuel-based alternatives in 53 world regions, representing 95% of the global transport and heating demand,” an international team of researchers reported yesterday in Nature Sustainability.
To reach this conclusion, the researchers performed a life-cycle analysis: they calculated the carbon emissions associated with manufacturing, using, and disposing of both gasoline cars and electric vehicles. They did the same thing for fossil fuel-based heating systems and electric heat pumps.

It's Time to Decarbonize cars, heat and electricity creation
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/03/the-time-to-electrify-everything-is-now/

Earlier this month The Financial Times noted that of 500 privately owned oil and gas companies in the U.S., 400 are losing money and unlikely to ever pay back their large debts.

Struggling to Make a Profit, Fracking Investors are Searching for the Exit - DeSmog
https://www.desmog.com/2021/04/22/struggling-fracking-investors-are-searching-for-the-exit

California Governor orders end to fracking by 2024, instructs CARB to analyze pathways to phase out oil-production by 2045 - Green Car Congress
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/04/20210425-newsom.html

California Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management (CalGEM) Division to initiate regulatory action to end the issuance of new permits for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) by January 2024. Additionally, Governor Newsom requested that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) analyze pathways to phase out oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.

Británie ohlásila ambicióznější plán na snížení emisí - Ekolist.cz
https://ekolist.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zpravy/britanie-ohlasila-ambicioznejsi-plan-na-snizeni-emisi

Británie chce snížit emise skleníkových plynů výrazněji, než původně plánovala. Do roku 2035 mají oproti roku 1990 klesnout o 78 procent. Nový ambicióznější plán podle agentury AP oznámila vláda premiéra Borise Johnsona.

Je to trochu pomalej rozjezd, ale treba slapnou na plyn

The weekend read: China’s push for decarbonization – pv magazine International
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/04/24/the-weekend-read-chinas-push-for-decarbonization/

China aims to reach peak GHG emissions by 2030. With a growing economy and population, it has set a target to reduce CO2 emissions per unit of GDP by 18% by 2025, compared with 2020 levels. The overarching target is carbon neutrality by 2060. More details on the interim 2025 targets are expected later this year.

Zato v EV

11% Plugin Vehicle Share in China!
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/04/23/11-plugin-vehicle-share-in-china/amp/

Last month’s plugin vehicle share actually reached the two-digit mark for the first time ever, hitting 11% (9.2% BEV). That record performance pulled the 2021 share to 10% (8% BEV). When you consider that January and February are China’s weakest months, we can safely assume that plugin market share will end north of the two-digit mark this year and the total tally of the year will exceed 2 million deliveries!