The Happy (and Scary) Halloween Edition of the Friday Linkfest:

Good News (Treat)

• The UK plans to support small renewable energy producers from 2010 by proposing a price premium for solar and wind electricity generation under 3 MW.
• Global business leaders are backing UN efforts towards a global framework to curb climate change.
• Study claims kicking the fossil fuel habit is possible by 2090 with the investment of some trillions of dollars in a renewable energy revolution.
• A new carbon footprint standard allows UK firms to measure the CO2 emitted in the production of their products.
• Meanwhile, UK industries will face tighter emission limits due to the inclusion of aviation and shipping in the British Climate Change Bill.

Bad News (Trick)

• New evidence of climate change in Antarctica extends the man-made impacts of global warming to every contintent.
• Accordingly, swans are finding Siberia so warm and cozy they don't want to return to the UK for the winter.
• The World Wildlife Fund says reckless consumption is a threat to the planet in its newest Living Planet Report.
• Another report identifies the world's 10 most dangerous pollution problems.
• And finally, bad news for those thinking of drowning their environmental sorrows in a bottle of red: high levels of metal contamination have been found in most European wines.

And that concludes today's Linkest. Happy Halloween to all!