I think the parent post was referring to the anti-environmentalist aspect of the new administration. They're not going fund remediation efforts while attempting to dismantle the EPA.
This is to cap forgotten wells, not exploit them again...
Also worth checking the unforgotten ones. When I was a child my grandparents would take me to one of the beaches that had many capped wells and we would kick the rusted lid off and throw rocks inside for the sounds. Either that or they were eye-balling it to see if I would fit.