November 29, 2010

UCSB to Host Meeting of Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition

George Foulsham

UC Santa Barbara will host the December meeting of the Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition (C5). The coalition's bimonthly meeting will be held December 9 from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 6824 of Ellison Hall on the UCSB campus.

The meeting, which will focus on electric vehicles and infrastructure, is free and open to the public. Anyone wishing to attend is urged to RSVP by calling (805) 305-5491.

UCSB, a charter member of C5 since its inception in 2002, is one of many stakeholders in the coalition, which has played an important role in promoting the use of alternative fuel vehicles in the Santa Barbara area.

C5 is part of Project Clean Air, Inc., a nonprofit that works to diversify the use of transportation fuels, promotes clean vehicle technologies, and helps keep the environment clean. Members include school districts, cities, county agencies, fuel providers, vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators, environmental organizations, and local citizens. Clean Cities is a government-industry partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Program. It includes almost 90 local coalitions and more than 6,500 stakeholders.

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