Greenwire/The New York Times
July 26, 2010
"'Energy issues have always been largely fought over on regional lines,' noted Paul Bledsoe, strategy director of the National Commission, in an interview last year as the climate debate moved to the Senate. 'There would appear to be a series of unifying goals, including reducing petroleum use, increasing energy employment and fighting climate change, that could bring regions and, indeed, the parties together.'"