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Article: SEN. CONRAD: ENERGY BILL A BIG BOOST FOR NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 4, 2008
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The office of Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., issued the following news release:
Industry leaders from across the region met with Senator Kent Conrad today to discuss ways to grow North Dakota's economy in light of renewable fuels provisions included in the new Energy Bill. Several key provisions from Senator Conrad's BOLD Energy Act were included in the national energy legislation that will bring new investments to North Dakota's agricultural and energy industries. "This bill encourages the production of domestic sources of energy and allows America to look to the farm fields of the Midwest rather than the oil fields of the Mid East for our energy needs," Senator Conrad said. "This energy bill ...