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Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/30/brazilian-amazon-released-more-carbon-than-it-absorbed-over-past-10-years

From 2010 through 2019, Brazil’s Amazon basin gave off 16.6bn tonnes of CO2, while drawing down only 13.9bn tonnes, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

The study looked at the volume of CO2 absorbed and stored as the forest grows, against the amounts released back into the atmosphere as it has been burned down or destroyed.

“We half-expected it, but it is the first time that we have figures showing that the Brazilian Amazon has flipped, and is now a net emitter,” said co-author Jean-Pierre Wigneron, a scientist at France’s National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA).

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