With global warming legislation sidelined, advocates are bracing for battle over U.S. EPA climate rules, the only game in town for curbing emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

Activists organized by the advocacy group 1Sky are pressing lawmakers this month to fend off attempts to hamstring EPA climate regulations, said Adi Nochur, the group's partnerships coordinator. His group is coordinating an energy and climate advocacy campaign with 350.org, and the Energy Action Coalition.

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The New York Public Interest Research Group, 1Sky, and Interfaith Power and Light want an end to what they say is America's dependence on dangerous and dirty sources of fuel.

The groups are calling on New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer to spur fellow congressmen to pass measures that will prevent the worst consequences of climate change, create jobs, improve the public health, and prevent future tragedies like the BP Oil Spill.

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A rally for clean energy will be held Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, where activists will call for tougher safety regulations for oil companies and more investment in clean power.

The rally is sponsored by The South Florida Clean Energy Coalition and 1Sky Florida, an affiliate of a national anti-global warming group.

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The oil and natural gas industry's biggest influence group will launch a major lobbying campaign next month, staging rallies and running advertisements tying the sector to job creation and opposing tax changes and tougher drilling regulations.

The effort collides with campaigns from environmental and other groups, who are working to pressure Congress to pass measures that would tighten regulations on oil drilling and climate legislation. They plan to send members to hall forums, debates and other campaign events where they will decry the Senate's failure to combat global warming. About 2,500 people have signed up for the campaign organized by 350.org, which is coordinating its efforts with advocacy groups 1Sky and Energy Action Coalition.

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Environmental activists are ratcheting up the pressure this summer on senators who punted on a sweeping climate and energy bill despite slim chances that broad legislation will pass this year.

Now, organizers are zeroing in on moderate Democrats from the Midwest as well as moderate Republicans, said Adi Nochur, partnerships coordinator at 1Sky. Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts will likely be among the Republican lawmakers targeted by activists.

Advocates will also be pressing lawmakers to fend off attempts to hamstring U.S. EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, said Nochur. "We definitely see defending the Clean Air Act as a critical piece of our efforts moving forward," he said, and activists will be asking elected officials this month whether they will oppose measures to block EPA.

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Remember those chaotic town hall meetings last summer with irate Tea Partiers confronting Congress members about death panels and socialized medicine?

A coalition of activist-oriented green groups are drawing inspiration from those town-hall scenes in a new push to force senators to answer for their failure to pass clean-energy legislation. 350.org, 1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Blue Green Alliance, and other groups are urging volunteers to track down swing-vote senators during the August congressional recess. 350.org says it's already signed up more than 2,500 volunteers to track down senators (both Republican and Democrat) at recess events.

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