Ignore the Treasury - Why businesses should be alive to resource scarcity

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BusinessGreen Plus: Experts warn Treasury may regret killing a review into resource scarcity given the scale of the threat - and the opportunities it presents

News broke yesterday that the Treasury had effectively killed off a project to examine the risk to growth posed by resources shortages and climate change - despite strong support from other government...

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