News / Cheaper transport costs come at the expense of the environment, says WEF

16/01/2015

According to leading economists, a sustained collapse in the price of oil will have a ‘severe’ financial impact on the producing countries of the world, curtail investment in new energy sources and potentially have a negative effect on the environment.

Indeed, the benefit to consumers from ...

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