Fleet operators attending the Clean Cities Congress had a packed opening workshop presented by Leo Thomason with the Alternative Vehicle Fuel Institute.
Conference Chairman Will Kleindienst
Let’s meet the Chairman of the Clean Cities Congress, Will Kleindienst.
Interviews From The Dinner
At the Clean Cities Coordinators Dinner I spoke with the sponsor and one of ther coordinators.
Welcome Coordinators
There was a reason why some of us were at the Diamondbacks game last night. It was the location of the annual Clean Cities Coordinators Dinner. Once again the dinner was sponsored by DaimlerChrysler, represented by Jim Snider.
Interview About Clean Cities Congress
To help get you fired up about the Clean Cities Congress & Expo I interviewed Kimberly Taylor, Director of Business & Consumer Programs for the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute. She gives us a pre-conference overview of what to expect.
Media Training At Clean Cities
The Clean Cities Congress & Expo is about to kick off and so is our coverage here on Domestic Fuel. One of the organizations exhibiting at the show is the National Biodiesel Board. I just visited their office yesterday since I’ll be helping NBB Director of Communications, Jenna Higgins, with a media training workshop on Sunday and we were looking at some camera equipment. So I asked her a couple questions about why the NBB is involved and what she’ll be teaching her workshop participants.
EPIC Website Nominated For Award
No this vote isn’t for us, it’s for our sponsor, the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. Their website has been nominated for a Webby Award and you can also vote for their site to win a People’s Choice award.
EPIC CityHome Sponsorship Podcast
The latest “Fill Up, Feel Good” podcast from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is about EPIC’s sponsorship of the CityHome™ Program (see previous post). The podcast features comments from both EPIC executive director Tom Slunecka and O2Diesel Corporation CEO Alan Rae about this program aimed at helping cities use an ethanol/diesel blend for municipal transportation. The “Fill up, Feel …
Questions About Ethanol Imports and Tariffs
Ethanol imports and the Brazilian tariff made up the majority of questions from the media during the “Truth About Ethanol” press conference Tuesday. Why do we need to import any ethanol if the industry can meet the demand? How much ethanol will we import this year? What about a temporary waiver of the Brazilian import tariff? What are the secondary …
Ethanol Gets Media Ears
The Truth About Ethanol press conference today (see previous post) lasted nearly an entire hour and included questions from media such as UPI, Chicago Tribune, Inside US Trade, Des Moines Register, Inside Washington, and Congress Daily as well as a number of farm journalists, although not as many as I would have expected. Bob, Bob and Jon did a pretty …