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GOP Wins on Opening Great Lakes to Drilling

LANSING, MI-State Sen. Gary Peters opposes the move, trying unsuccessfully to ban directional drilling under the Great Lakes, on shore land and lake bottom for exploration of oil and gas.

By Robert Carr | Updated on June 01, 2001

LANSING, MI-State Sen. Gary Peters says he was disappointed to see that the Senate voted to re-open exploration for oil and gas off the shore of the Great Lakes. “I hear all the time from my colleagues how precious and vital the GreatLakes are to Michigan,” the Bloomfield Township Democrat says. “I hear all the time from my colleagues how precious and vital the Great Lakes are to Michigan. Unfortunately, instead of taking the time to enact meaningful legislation that would protect our Great Lakes for years to come, the majority of the Senate chose to ignore the people, and allow for the expansion of directional drilling without public comment.”

Peters proposed an amendment to ban directional drilling under the GreatLakes. The amendment was then changed by the Republican majority 18-14 toallow for Great Lakes bottom lands to be leased and permits to be issued for drilling under the lakes. Peters’ amendment would have protected Michigan’s shorelines from directional drilling under the Great Lakes by placing a ban on directional drilling.

“The oil and gas industry is making promises it knows it cannot keep,” Peters says. “Drilling for oil and gas under the Great Lakes will not bring down the price of putting gas in your car or heating your home in the winter. It will, however, put more money into the bank accounts of an industry that is already enjoying record profits.”

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