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Brown targets polluting vehicles
"Gordon Brown has set the right direction of travel on climate change and these measures signal intent to start changing behaviour at a household level."
"At last they have recognised they had to do something to get people into more fuel efficient cars."
- Guy Thompson, director of the environmental think tank Green Alliance
"At last they have recognised they had to do something to get people into more fuel efficient cars."
- Guy Thompson, director of the environmental think tank Green Alliance
London, England - The chancellor is to raise taxes for gas-guzzling vehicles, with the worst offenders now attracting a vehicle excise duty of 210 pounds.
Greenpeace executive director Stephen Tindale said many of the measures would make a difference if properly implemented.