carbon dioxide emissions

The Germans have a famous passion for automobiles, but that's run smack into EU directives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

The government is offering a fuel mixed with 10 percent ethanol, but many drivers refuse to use it, despite its lower cost and reassurances it won't harm car engines.

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At self-serve kiosks at San Francisco International Airport, travelers can now pay a fee to offset the carbon dioxide emissions of their trip.

The idea is that the money goes to stop emissions somewhere else or even to a forest that can absorb the carbon.

But will patrons get what they pay for?

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Wednesday, June 3, 6:30 p.m., J.J. Pickle Campus, ROC Bldg. 196, Room 1.603. You're invited to a discussion session titled "Green Star State: How Texas Can Get Rich Leading the Green Energy Revolution" presented by Dr.

Michael Webber, associate director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Webber's presentation will focus on how Texas can lead the green energy transition and make money doing it.

While Texans constitute 8 percent of the U.S.

Economists Ed Glaeser and Matthew Kahn have written a new paper estimating the differences in carbon emissions across different metropolitan areas.