Fracking synthesis

In the Article “Keep on Fracking? Criticism grows, but Impact Not Clear” it is stated that the EPA has estimated that by 2035 non-conventional gas will supply 45 percent of the nation’s natural gas consumption.  Once again, this article provides information of the environmental side effects that come along with fracking; of course water contamination. States such as New Jersey have already placed a ban on fracking, and Pennsylvania is producing its own regulations, while other states have decided that jobs are more important than the environment. That brings up a new question in my mind. Are jobs or the environment more important? In my personal opinion the environment is much more important, because the environment is not something that can be reproduced or found elsewhere, it is what we live in. President Obama has worked to make some recommendations concerning fracking but as expected environmentalists feels that these recommendations are too soft and the oil executives feel that these suggestions are too harsh. Obama has made clear he wanted the shale gas industry to grow, but doesn’t want any harm to the environment. This obviously isn’t possible concerning fracking is contaminating water in more than one location. Since President Obama’s appointee to work on something must be done to make a definitive decision concerning fracking instead of a compromise.

http://www.sciencedirect.com.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/science/article/pii/S1040619011002302