Big Green's corporate takeover strategy

With the usual pre-election jitters, American businesses are bracing for the possibility of four more years under President Obama’s overbearing government regulatory power.

But Big Green’s private regulatory power is beginning to steal the business spotlight. High-profile “seal of approval” schemes and “green certification councils” of unelected eco-activists are enforcing their ideological “sustainability” directives under threat of brand sabotage and product trashing.