Accessing global resources such as minerals, oil, or gas creates supporting jobs domestically which help to supply and administer these operations, generating additional wealth here at home.
Supporters of drilling, including landowners who hope to sign lucrative leases with gas companies, have persuaded many other towns to pass resolutions supporting the state Department of Environmental Conservation in whatever decision it makes on regulating drilling.
The article demonstrates the serious risks from uninformed regulatory intrusion that the U.S. natural gas industry will continue to face until government regulators stand up and defend the science supporting this well studied process.