Welcome to the Friday Linkfest, our weekly round up of green news so let's not waste any time and see the juicy links we have for you.
Good News
- Bad news for the economy can mean good news for the planet, as slower economic growth could help slow carbon emissions.
- The EU approves an ambitious climate change plan to cut carbon by 20% by 2020. EU gets a cookie for resisting lobbyists.
- Said climate change plan will force power companies to pay for ALL of their carbon emissions from 2013 and will effectively ban new coal powered plants from 2015 unless equipped with carbon capture technology.
- US sets ship speed limit to protect right whales.
Bad News
- Climate change threatens to devastate penguin colonies: if temperature increases by 2°C the birds are goners.
- Climate change will also worsen the deadly dozen, 12 horrible diseases that affect humans and wildlife.
- Killer whales are threatened by salmon shortage.
- Indigenous groups, disproportionally affected by climate change, are not being heard in climate negotiations.
Opinions
- Conservationist says focusing on climate is good news for species conservation.
- How corporations will profit from global warming.
