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The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council is THE organization that takes charge of educating consumers about ethanol. Just last month, the young non-profit held it's first ever annual meeting, where new ideas were presented, new members were elected and new goals were set.

The 92nd Indianapolis 500 is one for the record books for Team Ethanol. Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay pilots the IndyCar sponsored by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) and just a couple weeks ago he piloted the car to a 6th place finish, the best ever Indy 500 for the team. At one point in the race, Ryan was cruising in 5th with just four of the League's biggest names in car racing in front of him. Ryan says that's when he thought, 'We're in it now.' It being the big leagues.

A new partnership between the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) and the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council (SDCUC) is helping gas station retailers in South Dakota put in more ethanol blender pumps to let consumers with flex fuel vehicles have more options.

St. Petersburg, Florida was the site of the greenest racing event in history April 5-6 when ethanol was featured in both the IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix and the American Le Mans Series Acura Sports Car Challenge.

The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) has a new executive director. She is Toni Nuernberg, who comes to EPIC from ACA International in Minneapolis where she worked for 29 years, the last 12 as chief operating officer of ACA International Holding Company Inc. and its for-profit subsidiaries.

Big announcements for cellulosic ethanol recently prove that the next generation of the biofuel is here today.

2008 is shaping up to be the "Year of E85." Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Marketing Director Reece Nanfito was at the media preview for the big auto show in Detroit this week where big announcements were made regarding ethanol and ethanol-powered vehicles.

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will get the new year underway with a burst of renewable fuels. The bill, signed by President Bush on December 19, includes an expanded Renewable Fuels Standard that requires significant development of other feedstocks to produce ethanol.

The ethanol industry has come a long way this year and a large part of the renewable fuel's success is unquestioningly a result of the concentrated efforts of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. Looks like all that hard work paid off. Agrimarketing magazine named ethanol the Agrimarketing Product of the Year. EPIC's Reece Nanfito says the late accomplishments of the ethanol industry are just the beginning.

The first "official" action of the Renewable Fuels Now coalition was to determine where Americans stand on developing and using alternative energies. The coalition is a new umbrella organization of different associations that are working to provide accurate information about renewable fuels.

Robert White, the Director of Operations for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council says the very existence of ethanol in today's fuel supply means all consumers save money, regardless if they use it or not.

Tom Slunecka has announced his departure from the organization, after directing it for it's first three years. He says he's the kind of guy who likes step in, get things off the ground and then leave a successful opportunity open for someone else. Tom will be moving into a new opportunity with one of EPIC's members: The KL Process Design Group. This edition features comments from interviews conducted at the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit in Washington, DC.

The 2007 Indy Car Series will go down in the racing history books as the first year a major motorsport embraced a renewable and environmentally-responsible fuel source, setting the standard for the "Greening of Racing". This edition features comments from interviews done at the last Indy Car Series race event for this season, the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

With the slogan "Fueling America, Feeding the World," LifeLine Foods is opening a new generation ethanol plant in St. Joseph, Missouri that could eventually put to rest the whole "food versus fuel" issue.

This edition of Fill Up, Feel Good discusses the "Florida Needs Ethanol" campaign being conducted by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and features comments made by Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Charles Bronson, and EPIC Director of Operations Robert White at the recent Florida Farm to Fuel Summit in St. Petersburg.

This edition of Fill Up, Feel Good discusses ethanol's benefits in terms of energy security and the environment, featuring comments from a Midwest fuel supplier, the organizer of a national summit on energy security and climate change, and a world-renowned explorer and environmentalist.

This edition of Fill Up, Feel Good features comments from EPIC members about the use of ethanol by the Indy Racing League.

This edition of Fill Up, Feel Good features comments from CBOT and National Press Club events on the Greening of Racing.

This edition of Fill Up, Feel Good features the owner of Snappy Stores in Kansas City, Team Ethanol Indy car driver Jeff Simmons and several customers who got a chance to fill up on E10 for $2.17 a gallon before the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 in April.

In this edition of "Fill Up, Feel Good" Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Executive Director Tom Slunecka comments on the new RFS and EPA ruling that provides equal treatment for ethanol plants when it comes to emissions - and how both can work together to help us fill up and feel good about helping the environment.

In this edition of "Fill Up, Feel Good" talks about the progress, the program's goals and how it is being implemented. The podcast includes comments from EPIC's Robert White and Mark Lambert of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board.

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.

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 24 in Homestead. The fuel got the green light at the first open-wheel test in Daytona last month. Find out how these two great racing venues will show just how well ethanol performs in this edition of "Fill up, Feel Good."

This edition of "Fill Up, Feel Good" discusses what consumers can do to help the country be more energy independent. Audio is with President George W. Bush and Aventine Renewable Energy CEO Ron Miller.

As production grows, education and marketing of the farm-based fuel becomes even more important and that is why the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council has a busy year already lined up. In this "Fill Up Feel Good" podcast, EPIC Senior Director of Marketing Reece Nanfito talks about some of the programs, events and promotions in the plans.

Several recent surveys and studies relating to ethanol provide some insight into what consumers think about ethanol, how biotechnology can help fill the demand for both food and fuel, and how domestic sources of energy like ethanol can help revitalize the rural economy. This "Fill Up Feel Good" podcast discusses the results of these studies.

Learn more about how auto technicians and anyone else can benefit from taking the free on-line "Ethanol Fuel Performance Training" course from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council.

Learn more about the excitement at the Indy Racing League as they prepare to go 100 percent ethanol in 2007 in the latest "Fill Up, Feel Good" podcast from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council.

This episode is about the Iowa Corn Indy 250 announced last month to take place at the new Iowa Speedway. The podcast features comments from Iowa Speedway VP of Operations Craig Armstrong, Iowa Corn Promotion Board chairman Kyle Phillips and Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Executive Director Tom Slunecka.

The podcast focuses on a pump promotion for ethanol in Michigan featuring comments from Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm, IndyCar Series drivers Vitor Meira and Jeff Simmons, Michigan Ethanol general manager Tony Simpson, Saginaw county Michigan farmer Don Morse and customer Alicia Hope of Ann Arbor.

Ethanol was the official fuel sponsor of the Interstate Highway System 50th Anniversary convoy across America last month and this report features some of the comments that were made about ethanol during the event.

The Ethanol Promotion and Informatin Council sponsors more than an Indy car. Hear from some of them as they describe using this high performance fuel in their engines.

The program features several people who took part in "Ethanol Day" at the Indianapolis Speedway. Among them are Indy Car drivers Danica Patrick and Jeff Simmons, U.S. Secretary of Energy Sam Bodman, ethanol hot rod racer Mark Thomas, and EPIC president Tom Branham.

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.

Meet the new driver of the Ethanol Car, Jeff Simmons. The podcast features comments from both Jeff and EPIC executive director Tom Slunecka discussing the future for Team Ethanol and how Paul Dana's legacy will live on in the IRL.

EPIC staff members will be making presentations at the Powershift 2006 conferences being held in different parts of the United States to encourage agriculture leaders to take the lead on promoting ethanol as a lead strategy for U.S. energy security.

The ethanol industry will soon be in a critical six-month time period that will determine whether many markets decide to choose ethanol as their replacement for mtbe in the long term.

The ethanol and automotive industry needs to provide good consumer education about ethanol along with the rush to develop this renewable fuel resource says Tom Slunecka, Executive Director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council.

Indy race car driver Paul Dana describes his switch to Rahal Letterman Racing and what that will mean to the promotion of ethanol.

In this first edition of Fill up. Feel good. Tom Sluncecka, Executive Director for EPIC describes the results of their first major consumer promotion in the Wichita, KS market.