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In Chicago, A Fashion Show Satisfies Our Love for Recycled Textiles (and Our Sweet Tooth, Too) [Photos]

From afar it looks like just another golden hued evening gown but up close it’s hundreds of M&M wrappers–yum! Image courtesy of EarthShare Illinois We’re no strangers to green fashion in Chicago; Designers Vaute Couture , Frei Designs , and Mountains of the Moon

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In Chicago, A Fashion Show Satisfies Our Love for Recycled Textiles (and Our Sweet Tooth, Too) [Photos]

Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Eco Athletes (Video)

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Obama is "Furious" About the BP Spill. Why Doesnt’ the Media Believe Him? (Video)

Image via ScrapeTV There’s been a lot of (mostly inane) discussion lately about whether Obama’s been mad enough in his reactions to the BP Gulf spill . This topic was deemed important enough to swallow up time in media across the spectrum: cable news shows, columns in the New York Times , and

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Hidden From Satellites, Amazon Burning Continues Even As Deforestation Slows

photo: Alexander Torrenegra via flickr Here’s an interesting wrinkle on the ongoing effort to slow Amazon deforestation: Reuters reports that even though tree-felling is indeed slowing , the area of land being burned by farmers is actua… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hidden From Satellites, Amazon Burning Continues Even As Deforestation Slows

The Week in Pictures: BP Bans Photos of Animals Killed by Oil Spill, Sarah Palin Defends "Drill, Baby, Drill", The All-Electric Supercar, and More (Slideshow)

Another week goes by and oil continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico and if we have a rough hurricane season, things could get apocalyptic. All the attempts to plug the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have failed so far, and even the latest attempt to cut-and-cap the well has hit a snag. BP has apparently banned oil spill clean up contractors from sharing photos of dead animals washed ashore; One contractor took a Daily News reporter out to see, in his words, what BP didn’t want President Obama to see. In other news Sarah Palin defends “Drill, Baby, Drill” on Twitter; Bugatti is experimenting with an electric powertrain that d… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Pictures: BP Bans Photos of Animals Killed by Oil Spill, Sarah Palin Defends "Drill, Baby, Drill", The All-Electric Supercar, and More (Slideshow)

Record Rains Drown and Strand Animal Residents of Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island

A water buck attempts to swim from Starvation Island to the mainland in northern Zimbabwe. Photo by the Associated Press It may take another Noah’s Ark to save the population of Zimbabwe ‘s sadly aptly named Starvation Island, where record seasonal rains have flooded the Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Record Rains Drown and Strand Animal Residents of Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island

The BP Oil Spill Has Folks Singin’ the Blues (Video)

With the BP oil leak continuing to threaten the gulf states,

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The BP Oil Spill Has Folks Singin’ the Blues (Video)

Today on Planet 100: Sinkhole Monster (Video)

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1/5th of Americans Still View BP Favorably

Image via the US Coast Guard According to a Rasmussen poll , not all Americans are angry with BP, despite the fact that the company has put thousands of people out of work, and the still-uncontrolled spill in the Gulf . In fact, a full 22% evidently still view the oil giant favorably. Which to me, is a pretty surprising number. It’s not that I expected everyone to immediately… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Fashion in Sex and the City 2 (Photos)

The ladies of Sex and the City 2 dressed in elaborate wardrobes; In an equally decadent setting. Credit: HBO via Vogue Green fashion hits the big screen in Sex and the City 2 amongst the modern, decadent ensembles worn by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker ,

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