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Flowing Fuels: New Pipeline Carries Oil, Brings Lawsuits

Jenna Dooley
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Illinois Public Radio/WNIJ

Today we begin a two-part series called "Flowing Fuels" about a new oil pipeline that will carry Canadian oil across several states. The line will begin in north-central Illinois. Illinois Public Radio’s Jenna Dooley reports on the massive project and concerns surrounding it:
Tomorrow...we'll hear more about who inspects pipelines in Illinois. That's in the second part of our series "Flowing Fuels."

 

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" fromthe Illinois Associated Press andrecipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.