The description of Tom Post suggested that he is not in support of hydraulic fracturing.
Hydraulic fracturing is a drilling method that is used to extract natural gas or petroleum from the Earth. In this process, cracks below the Earth are widened through the use of chemicals.
From the passage, Tom Post wasn't in support of this method. He stated that hydraulic fracturing resulted in large-scale groundwater contamination. He also stated that a herd of deer drank from a creek that was near a natural gas well and that they died.
The description suggested that Post was not in support of hydraulic fracturing.