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The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) brings crude oil from the oilfields of the Bakken Formation in North Dakota to the Patoka Terminal here in Illinois. Protests led by Lakota and Dakota activists in the Standing Rock Sioux tribe against the construction of the DAPL pipeline in South Dakota drew international attention in 2016 and 2017. Less well-known but vitally important were protests against DAPL in Iowa and Illinois. This panel convenes energy researchers and activists to reflect on lessons learned from the fight against DAPL in Illinois, and on present-day issues in our energy landscape.Panelists: John AlbersAdvanced Energy United, Central Region Regulatory Policy Director
Emily GuskeResearch Specialist, Climate Jobs Institute (UIUC)
Richard StuckeyEnvironmental advocate with Save Our Illinois Land, advisor to Citizens Against Heartland Greenway Pipeline, director of Save Our Illinois Land (SOIL)Tabitha TrippDirector of Public Rail Now campaign and environmental advocate with SAFE: Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our EnvironmentPanelists will be speaking as individual citizens: not on behalf of the organizations they currently work for.