Green dollar strong despite downturn

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Survey of 1,000 US consumers finds that demand for environmentally sustainable products is not being curtailed by the recession

The US may be in the worst recession in decades, but the green consumer market has remained relatively immune to the downturn, according to a new survey of spending trends. The study, commissioned...

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