Smallest Possible Impact

We are always working to find new and better ways to do what we do with the smallest possible impact that we can have on our neighbors.

—Devon Energy Corporation spokesman, Barnett Shale area, Texas

We are looking for new & better    which is why the uptick in earthquakes,oil rigs & seepage contamination events—we care for

best-class operations, new ways of owning    mineral rights, the noiseof earth-moving machines. We have never

polluted which is why we find dust in new bowls    of new kitchens, in microwaves,in brightly hued mixing bowls, on hoods of paint-stripped

parked cars. Evidence is anecdotal,    inappropriate to discuss.New ways are healthy & safe & burn more cleanly

than coal. We are always working to detect    public meetings, residual waste.We are sitting on good supply. We are dizzy, asthmatic,

exempt from disclosure, working a buy off    if things go wrong. We are neighbors &nosebleeds; disruptors & mutagens.

We have never sat in new ways of foreclosed homes.