Ehhh I think Wise is over stating that problem. The petroleum industry is wise enough to know that profits depend on not shitting in your own nest. The major problem with current shale reserves exploration is that a lot of these companies are taking advantage of the fact that petroleum derived waste are exempted from hazardous waste managment regulations under the Resource Consevation and Recovery ACT (RCRA for short) which is the major focus of the documentary "Gaslands".
This exemption is extremely valuable to the petroleum drilling and exploration industry as with out it the cost of doing business goes up substantially. So that puts the petroleum industry into a position where they have to do a better job of policing themselves or risk losing their RCRA exemption which would cost them tons of money. I tend to agree with you that the big boys do a better job of self policing but still, the current situation is certainly a public relations fiasco due to the environmental impact from those companies who aren't doing such a good job.
Personally I'd love to see the the Petroleum Industry lose their PDW Exemption as it would mean more money for me.
