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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Visit Iowa and Highlight How Bio-based Products and Biodiesel Will Continue to Reduce Need for Foreign Oil, Create Jobs in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, September 14, 2012 – TODAY, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will tour AGP Biodiesel in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa to highlight how the increased use of biofuels will help replace foreign oil. Vilsack will discuss how this is a key component of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy plan that is aimed at reducing oil imports half by 2020. As part of this plan, the Obama Administration is working to speed the development of biofuels and other alternatives and has doubled the use of renewable energy over the past three years, while also increasing domestic oil and gas production. The Administration is also working to create new markets for the nation's agricultural products through biobased manufacturing to reduce the need for foreign oil, create jobs and strengthen the rural economy.
Friday, September 14, 2012
2:30 p.m. CDT
WHAT: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will tour AGP Biodiesel to highlight the increased use of biodiesel to replace traditional petroleum in consumer products and create jobs in rural America.
WHERE: AGP Biodiesel
2753 Port Neal Circle
Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054
