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Car-makers lambasted for over-promotion of gas-guzzlers.(motor industry to spend more on promoting environment friendly cars)(Brief article)

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Car manufacturers have come under fire for spending most of their ad budgets on gas-guzzling vehicles.

Friends of the Earth claims the motor industry is not promoting 'greener' cars, despite pressure to reduce carbon emissions to aid the fight against climate change. The group found that pounds 3 million of the pounds 5.5 million spent on national newspaper ads in a recent two-week period promoted the most-polluting vehicles, no improvement since its last survey in 2005. It said 96 per cent of the ads were for vehicles ...

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