One of the best gifts of 2020 was Dominion Energy’s abandonment of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. It was a victory for the little guy over corporate bullying and profiteering. I’ve written an educational guide based on how the six-year fight unfolded—Four Factors That Led to the Defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a Guide for Successful Environmental Activism and Justice.
From Local Hearings All the Way to the Supreme Court of the United States
This book tells the stories from many local hearings, legal arguments in court, and finally the story of an all-nighter on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Four Factors is an educational guide that helps engage students in discussing environmental activism. The book not only defines what activism, civil disobedience, and environmental justice are but describes how we used them to defeat the pipeline.
The four factors described in the book are environmental activism, environmental justice, the rebuke for abuse of power and corruption, and landmark renewable energy laws in Virginia. Learn how the power of the people defeated the billion-dollar corporate utility. Purchase an e-copy today for five bucks.
This guide for successful environmental activism and justice is free when you purchase a copy of Swoope Almanac: Stories of Love, Land, and Water in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
Both books make great holiday gifts and are available through this website. I ship them directly from my office in Swoope.
First-Place, Outstanding Book, awarded by the Virginia Outdoor Writers Association in 2019
What people are saying about Four Factors
Four Factors is an inspiring and educational guide for environmental activism. As a student and up-and-coming environmentalist, I think it is an incomparable resource for future environmental battles.
—Samantha Fairbanks, Honors College, Pre-Law and Environmental Management, James Madison University
Remarkably, Bobby has managed to sum up six years of effort by thousands of people in three states in a tight, fun-to-read debrief. Four Factors is clear and empowering. I highly recommend this book to any organization, community leader, or neighbor who is taking on a campaign, be it a local neighborhood effort or a six-year fight against an unneeded $8 billion pipeline project.
—Kate Wofford, Executive Director, Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley
Bobby’s guide to environmental activism gives us a raw factual analysis of four critical factors that led to the end of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. These factors are true for the majority of citizen environmental endeavors and highlight how a group of committed individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences can take down Goliath.
—Jon Mueller, Vice President for Litigation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Fourteen of the lucky 50 with their golden tickets to get into the Supreme Court of the United States to hear arguments in the US Forest Service v. Cowpasture River case. I am third from the right. Photo credit Nancy Sorrells
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The ACP was the largest, most expensive, unpermitted fracked-gas pipeline ever proposed in American history. Remarkably, the pipeline was abandoned without a single act of violence. The six-year fight to defeat the ACP is a sterling example of how environmental activism, environmental justice, the rebuke of corporate corruption, and renewable energy laws converged for victory for the little guy—a modern-day David and Goliath.
—excerpt from Four Factors
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