Energy Options and Polarized Politics - NYTimes.com

The Bipartisan Policy Center, as its name implies, tries to define a path on issues like energy that can work in a period of polarized politics and shrinking budgets. It’s a tough challenge. That’s why the new center’s latest effort, “An Open Letter to the American People and America’s Leaders: A New Era for U.S. Energy Security,” focuses arguments for action on oil mainly on the basis of economic and geopolitical conflict, with the environment and climate in the background.