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IEA warns on world’s energy supplies

By Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent

Published: November 7 2006 10:11 | Last updated: November 7 2006 22:47

The International Energy Agency on Tuesday warned that the world faced the twin threat of not having enough energy and damaging the environment by using too much of it.

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In its annual World Energy Outlook, the IEA said: “If we continue as before, the energy supply to meet the needs of the world economy over the next 25 years is too vulnerable to failure arising from under-investment, environmental catastrophe or sudden supply interruption.”

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