It's Friday Linkfest day so let's take a look at the green news week:
Good News
- Drinking coffee can be good for the environment! Green, shade grown coffee actually buffers against climate change.
- Google plans to cut American reliance on fossil fuels by 2030.
- A study finds wind turbines have little negative effects on farmland birds.
- Beijing is imposing limits on car use to improve air quality.
Bad News
- Global warming will be bad for Florida's economy due to sea level rise and increased hurricanes. Well, join the club.
- A third of the world's species are at risk of disappearing by the end of the century unless action is taken to protect ecosystems.
- Amazon destruction is soaring at a rate three times faster than last year.
- Ocean dead zones are spreading fast, leaving fish stocks more vulnerable to collapse.
From the *headdesk* department
- Sarah Palin couldn't care less about what causes global warming. Here's why it does matter.
- Australia's climate change solution: eat kangaroo.
