UK firms urged to wake up to peak oil risk

James S Murray
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Non-executive chairmen advised to start asking questions over threat posed by dwindling oil supplies

UK business leaders were today urged to undertake an assessment of the risks posed by the so-called peak oil phenomenon and join in efforts to lobby the government to take the threat more seriously, following...

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