Although this year's budget disappointed greens by cutting petrol duties, it also included the creation of a green investment bank to finance carbon-free energy projects.

纵使今年预算中汽油税的削减令环保者们寒心，但仍有一些不乏新意的环保政策出台，如：设立一家“绿色”投资银行，主要用于资助一些无碳环保项目。

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The report is expected to point out that there is still scope for raising petrol duties sharply.

ECONOMIST: Traffic

Its chairman, David Begg, wants to explore whether road pricing could replace vehicle excise duty and petrol duties.

ECONOMIST: Transport strategy

Yet his rises in petrol and other road fuel duties were modest, and he announced no environmental innovations.

ECONOMIST: A disappointing start