[okie01]

The US is already littered with [shale] wells that have been abandoned, often without the site being cleaned up.

I live in the midst of the Barnett shale, the very first shale gas play in the U.S.

And I have no idea what he's referring to. It's certainly not the case around here...

[texas booster]

Not cleaning up the site?

Did he see what West Texas looked like before the wells? How would you know, except for a concrete pad?