Opportunity Green 2009: Event’s Transportation Panel Sounds Somber Notes

Panelists Say Earth-Friendly Future Won't Come Easy For Private Transportation Although predominately a business-oriented exploration of environmental practices and processes the Opportunity Green 2009 conference at UCLA this weekend promised transportation geeks a look at ideas of personal mobility in a green future. We're not sure it followed through, as the program became in part a promotion of the Mini E electric vehicle program – thanks to the event's sponsorship by Mini USA – and in part an examination of the obstacles still in the way of truly green mobility. ———- Passer-by eyes Mini E parked on UCLA campus during

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