No one wants to be the person who makes a mess and walks away from it. But when we let big polluters operate for free while families and small businesses pick up the tab, that’s exactly what happens.

Paying for industrial pollution isn’t punishment — it’s a responsibility. The same responsibility we teach our kids: if you make a mess, you help clean it up. Letting big companies off the hook for this responsibility betrays our kids and future generations, forcing them to pay dearly for pollution that industry dumps for free.