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Obama pledges support for biodiesel credit

One of the leaders of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says he used a brief visit with President Obama this week to stress the importance of extending the biodiesel tax credit—and he says the President give him a positive response.

Brad Albin, vice president of Renewable Energy Group and secretary of IRFA, had a 90 second exchange with Obama following a town hall meeting in Ottumwa on Tuesday.  Albin says he shared the message of the biodiesel industry’s state of disruption and uncertainty resulting from the lapse of the tax credit.  Albin says Obama assured him of his commitment to clean energy and promised to whatever he could to get the tax credit extended.  Obama’s comment, according to Albin—“I’m on your side, but I’ve got a Congress to deal with.”