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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.