Why environmentalists are continuing to inore government, going directly to the market

As the federal government shows a marked reluctance to introduce new environmental regulations as well as a repeated failure to enforce existing ones, environmentalists have, often out of desperation, turned to the market to fill the gaping holes left by

OTTAWA—The next time you are at the seafood counter in your grocery store or picking up plywood at the hardware store keep an eye out for a little symbol designating the product as environmentally sustainable.

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