Global warming: 'Women at greater risk' Members of the European Parliament will vote today on a report by French Green party MEP Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (pictured) who claims global warming ‘is not gender neutral’. [News Source]

More on Global Warming from a Republican Meteorologist A conservative weather forecaster tries to nudge Republicans to embrace the science on global warming. [News Source]

Poll: Most Americans Now Link Extreme Weather To Climate Change New poll reveals the majority believes global warming is causing higher temperatures, floods and other extreme events. [News Source]

EU climate change 'worse for women' row Claim it is worse for women branded 'bonkers' by Tory MEP [News Source]

Dot Earth Blog: More on Global Warming from a Republican Meteorologist A conservative weather forecaster tries to nudge Republicans to embrace the science on global warming. [News Source]

Getting the Economics of Climate Change Entirely Wrong: Clean Coal Might Be Too Expensive To Use This is an interesting example of how people, governments even, are getting the economics of climate change entirely wrong. They're committing to stopping global warming at any price: the correct calculation is what is the price of stopping it and then deciding whether to do so: The question of the future of CCS is a crucial one because all of the government's assumptions about how the UK can ... [News Source]

EPA issues rules limiting air pollution from fracking. The Obama administration on Wednesday set the first-ever national standards to control air pollution and climate-altering gases from gas wells that are drilled using a method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking – but not without making concessions to the oil and gas industry. [News Source]

Oregon town weighs a future with an old energy source: Coal. Coal companies have been seeking port access in the Northwest for well over a year, and they have had many setbacks. They were rejected outright by the Port of Tacoma, and they have met strong resistance elsewhere. But they have been welcomed in Boardman. [News Source]

Jellyfish thrive in adverse conditions, UBC study finds. Global warming, pollution and human activity in marine habitats are not generally regarded as good things – unless you’re a jellyfish. Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world’s coastal ecosystems, researchers have found, in what is being billed as the first global study of the abundance of jellyfish. [News Source]

US caps emissions in drilling for fuel. Oil and gas companies will have to capture toxic and climate-altering gases from wells, storage sites and pipelines under new air-quality standards issued on Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. [News Source]

New EPA rules target pollution at fracking sites. Environmentalists applaud the Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations, but are disappointed that natural gas producers were given three years to install methane-capturing technology. The industry says the regulations are onerous. [News Source]