Small Town, Big Oil

By David W. Moore

“This is the inspiring story of an epic environmental battle that took place on the Seacoast of New Hampshire when a small group of residents turned activists fought bravely against a proposed oil refinery in the Great Bay backed by the richest man in the world at the time — oil shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, husband of President John F. Kennedy's widow Jacqueline Kennedy. The refinery was expected to generate 400, 000 barrels of oil a day and with plans the included pipelines under the ocean, leading to and from the Isle of Shoals, it would have irrevocably changed our region for the worse. The women who took the lead as organizers and the legislator Dudley Dudley who willingly took on Goliath will activate and inspire you.” — Christina Dubin, Senior Community Organizer