Seven commodity and ethanol organizations have written a letter to President Bush in support of the secondary tariff on imported ethanol. The groups called attention to the importance of the tariff for the nation’s growing ethanol industry, as well as to the nation’s energy, economic, and environmental security. The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), Ethanol Producers and Consumers (EPAC), National …
Ethanol Groups Working Together
The three major ethanol producer groups are working together to combat negative publicity and keep ethanol moving forward. Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Executive Director Toni Nuernberg says the three groups – EPIC, the Renewable Fuels Association, and the American Coalition for Ethanol – complement each other. “All three of us have a roll to play in this industry,” Nuernberg …
Ethanol Reducing Gas Prices
The availability of ethanol is currently reducing the cost of gasoline by between 6 and 9 cents per gallon, according to data collected by the American Coalition for Ethanol. “The growing availability of ethanol across the United States is reducing the cost of gasoline by up to nine cents a gallon,” said Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President of ACE. “While …
Make Ethanol New Year’s Resolution
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) also voiced concern about oil reaching $100 a barrel for the first time this week. ACE Executive Vice President Brian Jennings said, “For the sake of the nation’s economic health, our New Year’s resolution must be to put the brakes on this costly and risky reliance on oil and accelerate our use of domestically …
Legislation Would Increase RFS Without Energy Bill
Concerns about a languishing energy bill in Congress are motivating Senators to take action that would increase the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) even without it. U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) have introduced legislation called the Renewable Fuels Strategy Act of 2007 that contains several provisions including a larger Renewable Fuels Standard of 36 billion gallons of …
America Wants Renewable Fuels Now
A new coalition that supports increased use of domestically produced renewable fuels says nearly three out of four Americans want renewable fuels. According to a new national poll released today by the Renewable Fuels Now Coalition, 74 percent of Americans believe we should increase our use of domestically produced renewable fuels like ethanol. In addition, 87 percent of Americans maintain …
POET Booth and Blogger
While at the ACE Convention I got to meet fellow biofuels blogger Nathan Schock. Nathan is the public relations director for POET and you’ll find him at Rhapsody in Green. Nathan is in the middle of this group of people who were visiting the POET booth at the ACE trade show. You can see some of Nathan’s pictures from the …
Todd Larson Loves Promoting EPIC and Ethanol
One of the relatively newer members of the staff of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is Todd Larson. Todd is pictured here to the right. He’s in their booth at the ACE Convention talking with members and prospective members of EPIC. That’s what Todd does – membership development. I thought it would be good to get a perspective on …
Brian Jennings – State of Ethanol and ACE
The executive vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol is Brian Jennings. He gave the state of the industry and organization speech. I interviewed Brian this morning to find out what he thinks about how things are going in the ethanol industry and especially from the ACE perspective. He says the industry has reached a “pivotal point” in its …
EPIC President’s Reception
Attendance at the ACE Convention is a record with nearly 2,000 people here over the course of the event. Today is the final day and we’ll have a keynote address from South Dakota Senator John Thune soon. One of the big values to attendees here is the opportunity to network and talk with industry partners. This is the President’s Reception …