# The voices of a new clean energy future - June 14, 2010

*Published:* 2010-06-14
*Author:* Rebecca Rasch

Denverpost.com – [“Five Pillars of a New Sustainability”](http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_15272217 "blocked::http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_15272217")

By Henry Dubroff, a writer and entrepreneur, and by John J. Huggins, an entrepreneur and investor

> “The environmental, economic and personal tragedy unfolding on the Gulf Coast is a clarion call to the country to redefine, expand and embrace the idea of sustainability.”

> “There are five pillars of an economy that can grow and sustain itself for decades without bringing us to the edge — or perhaps over the edge — of an ecological catastrophe that was man-made and therefore utterly avoidable. Instead of tweaking a few regulations or adding a chapter or two to compliance manuals and pretending the problem has been fixed, the Deepwater Horizon debacle demands a major overhaul of our energy thinking.”

> “Achieving a new balance of energy sources, environmental policies and economic stewardship won’t happen overnight. But “sustainability” broadly defined becomes both a solution and a goal for moving us forward toward a better future for ourselves, our children and our world.”