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Mar 14, 2026
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10 min read
Oil wars show how badly fashion’s billionaires keep binging fossil fuels
Polyester, which is made from oil, is fashion’s most-used material. That’s only the start of the industry’s reliance on fossil fuels. It shouldn’t take a war to see why the industry’s reluctance to change that is a big problem.
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Feb 20, 2026
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8 min read
Remake held fashion to account for a decade. Its closure raises alarm
The nonprofit behind the #PayUp campaign, which recovered billions in stolen garment worker wages during COVID, is closing its doors citing a sharp decline in funding for labour and climate justice work. But the seeds of its movement will not die.
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Jan 24, 2026
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11 min read
Fur is out in 2026. Campaigners prove how collective action can win.
In 90 days, Condé Nast, Hearst, New York Fashion Week, Poland, and Rick Owens all banned fur. We spoke with Emma Håkansson of Collective Fashion Justice and tracked the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade's campaign to understand how targeted pressure finally paid off. Where are activists aiming next?
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Nov 20, 2025
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8 min read
Feeling COP fatigue from all the climate inaction? Activists tell us how clear the solutions are.
As COP30 wraps up in Brazil, it’s starting to feel like déjà vu: Indigenous communities and activists underscore the urgency of the moment we’re in, while world leaders fail to act. This week, anxiety.eco spoke with climate groups about fashion’s culpability — and how the solutions we need already exist.
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Nov 7, 2025
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9 min read
Charity shops are in crisis, but are resale platforms to blame? It's complicated.
With so many clothes on Earth, how are hundreds of UK charity shops going out of business? We look at what's really happening from overproduction of ultra fast fashion to waste colonialism.
