Coal group reveals 6 more forged letters. A total of 12 forged letters -- all appearing to come from local groups unhappy with a climate-change bill -- were sent to three congressional offices this summer by a Washington lobbying firm, according to the pro-coal group for which the firm was working. [News Source]

Climate bill may fall by the wayside. With the fight over health care reform absorbing all the bandwidth on Capitol Hill, Democrats fear a major climate change bill may be left on the cutting-room floor this year. [News Source]

Study predicts hotter summers. If you think it's hot in Georgia now, just wait. In a few decades, summer highs will often hit 100 degrees in Athens. By 2080, Deep South Georgia temperatures will hit 90 on 165 days per year, according to the first federal report to look at regional impacts of global climate change. [News Source]

Realtors lobby Congress to remove energy use label for older buildings. The real estate industry struck a bargain with lawmakers to remove a key provision in the House climate bill that would have required a label disclosing how much energy older buildings use. The version that passed the House only requires labels for newer buildings. [News Source]

California could face devastating fire season. Federal and state fire officials are warning that a third year of drought means California could face one of its worst wildfire seasons in years. Scientists say the danger could be heightened by global warming. [News Source]

Is there a solution to the Dead Sea’s demise? Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority say the best solution is to construct a pipeline or canal to bring water to the Dead Sea from the Red Sea, 190 kilometres to the south. [News Source]

China keen to see CO2 emissions peak. China is keen to halt growth in its greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, but lifting tens of millions out of poverty must remain its primary goal, the country's climate change ambassador said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Jobs czar thinks a different green. When Van Jones, the Obama Administration’s green jobs czar, attends the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas next week, his message will not be about polar bears and plastic bags and global warming, but about a different kind of green – the kind that goes ching-ching. [News Source]

A sustainable future for coal? Beneath the Firth of Forth, in a coalfield of more than 200 square miles, a project is taking shape that, if successful, would offer an affordable means of reaching billions of tons of deep-lying coal deposits without causing irreparable harm to the environment. [News Source]

US joins China in climate talks. The United States and China adjourned a new round of bilateral talks in Washington DC last week with the vague outline of a climate partnership. But the 'G2' is far from sealing a meaningful deal in time for the global-warming summit in Copenhagen this December. [News Source]

SA on climate change: ‘No money, no deal’ Developing countries won't consider the next round of climate change talks successful unless rich nations set aside money to help them address global warming, South African officials said on Tuesday. [News Source]