The ethanol industry is making progress towards the goal of helping consumers readily identify ethanol-enhanced fuel at the pump no matter where they are in the country. Seven states – Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska, Arkansas and Ohio – have now officially approved labels that incorporate the “e” brand to mark pumps that dispense E10, or ten percent ethanol …
Ready for the Show
The 2007 Commodity Classic is underway in Tampa, Florida and biofuels are most definitely in the spotlight. From the policy making meetings for corn, soybean and wheat growers, to the informational sessions, to the trade show the influence of the energy business in agriculture dominates. The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) has a brand spanking new booth set up …
Ethanol Enhances Explorer’s Education Efforts
In this edition of “Fill Up, Feel Good” we explore an explorer’s efforts to educate people about global climate change and how ethanol is helping. Artic explorer Will Steger is leading a 1200-mile, four-month-long dogsled expedition across the Canadian Arctic’s Baffin Island. Ethanol plant builder Fagen, Inc., and the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council are the primary sponsors of Global …
EPIC Names New Board Members
The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) has elected several new industry leaders to its Board of Directors. They are James Redding of Nebraska Energy, LLC; Melissa Ullerich of VeraSun Energy, Aurora; Gary Pestorious, EXOL; Alan Jentz, Amaizing Energy; Revis Stephenson, Advanced BioEnergy; and Kristi Lee, U.S. BioEnergy, Platte Valley. All newly elected board members will serve three-year terms. Tom …
Ethanol at the Races
Yet another racing organization has joined Team Ethanol. The American Le Mans Series will begin running on a street-legal ten percent ethanol blend this season, which begins March 17 with the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Meanwhile, all systems are go for the IndyCar Series to start running on 100 percent fuel grade ethanol when the season begins March …
Team Ethanol Le Mans Entry
Not only will ethanol enrich the fuel for this year’s American Le Mans Series (ALMS), it will also sponsor one of the entries. In conjunction with the announcement Wednesday that ALMS will begin using a ten percent ethanol blend this season, Rahal Letterman Racing announced that ethanol, through the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), will be sponsoring their entry …
American Le Mans Goes With Ethanol Blend
The American Le Mans Series has partnered with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council to make E10, “the official ethanol-enriched fuel” of the series. Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series, considers this a perfect fit for the platform that is the American Le Mans Series. “We’ve often described the American Le Mans Series providing a …
Closing Bell Grand Opening
The closing bell on the NASDAQ rang in New York Wednesday from Albert City, Iowa at the site of the U.S. BioEnergy plant grand opening ceremony. Gordon Ommen (center), CEO and Chairman of US BioEnergy (USBE) rang the NASDAQ remote closing bell along with Bruce Aust (far right), Executive Vice President of NASDAQ to celebrate the plant’s opening and the …
Market Ethanol to Women
A new survey indicates that the ethanol industry might want to consider getting women more pumped up about ethanol. The survey was conducted by sending 9,000 emails to women readers of magazines published by Meredith Corporation, which includes some of the oldest and most popular, such as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies Home Journal and Family Circle. Of the 17 …
Explorer, Environmentalist, Educator and Ethanol Evangelist
The dogs may be pulling the sled when world-renowned arctic explorer Will Steger departs on his latest expedition February 14, but the trip will be powered by ethanol. When Steger was looking for sponsors to support his Global Warming 101 expedition, he decided that the ethanol industry would be a natural choice. “I’ve been talking up the benefits of ethanol …