We are just days away from the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference + Expo in Vegas. The four-day event boasts 200 speakers and 2,000 registrants, which includes representatives from the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. Alternative fuels and advanced transportation technologies will be featured in the largest industry event of its kind in the world. [...]

Congressional negotiators Thursday announced a compromise 2007 Farm Bill that has new incentives for biofuels production. “The new Farm Bill will dramatically ramp up the agricultural sector’s capacity to produce clean, renewable energy,” said conference committee chairman Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). “Significantly, it provides more than a billion dollars to expand the supply of fuels [...]

Higher food prices have led to increasing calls for changes in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that was implemented as part the Energy bill just signed into law last December, which calls for 36 billion gallons of annual renewable fuel use by 2022. In this DomesticFuel Cast, we hear from several of the witnesses who testified [...]

OMAHA, NE (May 8, 2008) — With gas prices in some cities nearing $4 a gallon, new research has confirmed that ethanol is saving U.S. drivers money.

The following is a statement by Toni Nuernberg, executive director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC)

(Omaha, Neb.) – Recent calls to reduce the renewable fuels standard (RFS) seem like an easy and immediate fix to world food shortages. However, the factors influencing global food prices and supplies are a result of converging global production and demand issues that go far beyond corn-based ethanol. 

The Best Choice for Your Wallet and the Environment

LENA, Ill. — Consumers hit by “new car fever” this spring are paying attention to more than just the style and color of vehicles.  Flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) – cars, trucks and vans that can burn ethanol-rich E85 fuel – are a great choice for consumers’ wallets and the environment.