# The voices of a new clean energy future - June 11, 2010

*Published:* 2010-06-11
*Author:* Rebecca Rasch

Sanford News – “[Senator Susan Collins: Oil spill is another reason for a clean-energy future](http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100610/GJOPINION03/706109912/-1/SANNEWS)”

By Senator Susan Collins, Republican-Maine

> “In addition to immediate changes in policies regarding offshore oil exploration and in the Coast Guard budget, this disaster reaffirms our nation’s need for a national energy policy. While oil will remain a significant energy source for many years to come, it is long past time to begin the shift to clean, renewable sources.”