CLINTON TWP. – State Senate candidate Paul Gieleghem today announced his proposal to protect Michigan’s land and water by holding corporate polluters accountable and requiring them to pay for cleanup and damages – instead of Michigan taxpayers – when their mistakes harm Michigan’s vital natural resources. Gieleghem also called for a permanent ban on oil drilling in the Great Lakes. Gieleghem is running for State Senate in the 10th District, which covers part of Macomb County.

“Oil companies have been careless and reckless with their operations in our communities, and we need to take strong, decisive action now to hold them accountable when their spills damage our natural resources and put the people who live and work in these communities at serious risk,” said Gieleghem. “Big oil needs to make our communities whole again when they cause problems and they, not the taxpayers, need to pay for the cleanup of their pollution.” [...]