EPIC News Releases

New program to bring higher blends of ethanol to South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD. (May 1, 2008) - Today South Dakota leads the nation in raising public awareness for higher blends of ethanol.

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

(Omaha, Neb.) The United States is the world's largest donor of food aid. Hunger is indeed a world-wide calamity, and it is distressing to think that rising food prices have impacted the budgets of humanitarian organizations around the globe. While Americans are feeling the pinch in the checkout lane, developing nations are seeing years of progress in the battle against poverty and hunger fall by the wayside.

New Study Shows Ethanol Industry Improving Already Green Footprint

Omaha, NE - A just released analysis by Argonne National Laboratory provides further evidence of the rapidly evolving nature of the American ethanol industry. According to Argonne, ethanol facilities are dramatically more efficient today than they were just five years ago.

American Le Mans® Series™ Driver Demonstrates Ethanol’s Performance On and Off the Track during Ethanol Pump Promotion

California flex-fuel vehicle drivers can follow in the footsteps of the highly technical race cars in the American Le Mans Series by making the choice at the pump for higher performance, energy independence and cleaner air.

Omaha, Neb. (March 3, 2008) – The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) has named Toni Nuernberg as the new executive director. She will start today and will provide new leadership for EPIC members, the industry and mission to promote the benefits of ethanol through education and promotional programs.

HILLIARD, Ohio (February 25, 2008) – Ryan Hunter-Reay opened eyes throughout motorsports last season when he stepped into the Rahal Letterman Racing Indy Car at Mid-Ohio and made his series debut without a single lap of testing and carried the car to a seventh-place finish.

O’Neil, Neb. (February 5, 2008) – Midwest Ethanol Producers, LLC is the latest ally in the effort to increase consumer awareness of a cleaner, greener renewable fuel. The O’Neil, Neb. plant is the newest member of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC).

Omaha, Neb. (Feb. 7, 2008) – The science of ethanol can now be taught in the classroom in an informative and entertaining way with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council’s (EPIC) new educational fun pack. Teachers who teach 4th through 6th grade can go online to www.drivingethanol.org/classroom to order their free educational materials.