Argus Leader excerpt:
Work by South Dakota's congressional delegation in 2007 means the state's ethanol producers will sell a lot more biofuel next year, military veterans will get better medical care and an important regional water purveyor will get a significant increase in federal money.
Despite political differences, South Dakota lawmakers worked together to pass an energy bill that doubles the amount of corn ethanol the nation's oil companies will be required to blend with their gasoline in the next 14 years. The increase gives an economic boost to rural farm communities in South Dakota, the nation's fourth-largest producer of ethanol after Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
The legislation, passed days before Congress took its Christmas break, also sets new requirements for oil companies to begin using advanced biofuels - cellulosic ethanol made from woody plant materials and biodiesel made from oil seeds.
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