# The voices of a new clean energy future - June 21, 2010

*Published:* 2010-06-21
*Author:* Rebecca Rasch

*The New York Times*– [“National Mission”](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/opinion/21mon1.html?ref=editorials "http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/opinion/21mon1.html?ref=editorials")

[](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/opinion/21mon1.html?ref=editorials "http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/opinion/21mon1.html?ref=editorials")Editorial

> “To anyone watching the oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico, the argument for curbing this country’s appetite for fossil fuels could not be clearer.”
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> “But Americans are rightly outraged by the spill in the gulf. This is clearly the moment for President Obama and Senate leaders to deliver a tough and ambitious energy bill capable of protecting the environment and the nation’s security.”

*The Huffington Post* – [“Clean, Baby, Clean”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald/clean-baby-clean_b_618528.html "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald/clean-baby-clean_b_618528.html")

By Robert Greenwald, Filmmaker, Brave New Films

> “If any good is to come out of this horrible and unprecedented disaster, it will only be through people standing up and demanding political leadership around creating a clean energy economy and finally stopping offshore drilling.”