Copyright © EcoWatch 2017 Fast Fashion Is the Second Dirtiest Industry in the World By Glynis Sweeny “The clothing industry is the second largest polluter in the world … second only to oil,” the recipient of an environmental award told a stunned Manhattan audience earlier this year. “It’s a really nasty business … it’s a mess.” While you’d never hear an oil tycoon malign his bonanza in such a way, the woman who stood at the podium, Eileen Fisher, is a clothing industry magnate. On a warm spring night at a Chelsea Piers ballroom on the Hudson River, Fisher was honored by Riverkeeper for her commitment to environmental causes. She was self-deprecating and even apologetic when speaking about the ecological impact of clothing , including garments tagged with her own name. Fisher’s critique may have seemed hyperbolic, but she was spot-on. When we think of pollution, we envision coal power plants, strip-mined mountaintops and raw sewage piped
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