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All eyes are on the city of Barcelona this week, as the last round of climate talks take place before the campaign roadshow moves onto to its final destination in Copenhagen in December. So what advances have the international delegates made this week? Well progress looked doubtful when 50 African nations staging a boycott, as Matthew McDermott reported, but thankfully they rejoined the discussion after making their point for 24 hours. We tour the blogosphere to see what else has been going on at the talks in Barcelona this week.

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After rounding up posts on the beleaguered US Chamber of Commerce in last week's TH Blog Love, we couldn't have imagined what would happen next. The Chamber does a 180 on its climate policy? Seriously? For a moment there was an optimistic suspension of disbelief from many corners of the blogosphere and mainstream media. But that was replaced with a strange mixture of awe and hilarity when we discovered the Yes Men were back in the driving seat! But punking the Chamber is not all those crazy climate pranksters got up to this week - ever heard of a Survivaball?

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The London Design Festival was as diverse and wide ranging as ever this year with lots of independent satellite shows alongside the big guns: 100% Design and Tent London. Unfortunately we didn't manage to get to see all of them as this TreeHugger was stationed in the DeTnk TV studio interviewing the best in show. Watch this space for our LDF 09 interviews, but in the meantime check out these top 5 eco-design highlights picked up by a bevy of eagle eyed design bloggers.

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This was the week where Climate Week in New York battled for media attention with both New York and London Fashion Weeks, and on top of that Inhabitat launched the sparkling new ethical fashion site Ecouterre. As Tamara Giltsoff argues in her post for PSFK, the fashion world and climate policy world are totally at odds with each other and yet inextricably linked. While mainstream fashion is completely unsustainable, it does know, unlike those dry policy advisors, how to create a following. If only the two could have a positive influence on each other! The great news is the ethical fashion industry continues to grow in stature and influence, even Dame Vivienne Westwood made an environmental statement with her show this week.

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In the week that Senator Ted Kennedy's death closed a major political chapter in US history TH Blog Love looks at his influential role in the environmental movement. Yesterday Brian paid tribute to a "progressive green champion" and made a strong case for the "liberal lion's" commitment to clean energy and wildlife protection. Today we travel around the great green blogosphere to see how other environmentalists have paid tribute to Ted Kennedy's life.

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This week environmental activism met political satire as the founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben braved the rapier wit of Stephen Colbert on live television and emerged virtually unscathed, or rather in McKibben's own tweeted words, "survived with at least 40% of my dignity intact." Well done Bill! TH Blog Love takes the comedic momentum and jogs around the blogosphere to find some more great green media stories of the week.

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This month has been named Blue August on TreeHugger and Planet Green with tons of content dedicated to the state of our oceans, coral reefs, sealife and waterways. Use the Blue August tag to discover all our great posts on these subjects, like Jaymi's revelation this week that the BBC are spending $670 000 annually on bottled water! This week on TH Blog Love we take a swim around the blogosphere to see what other water worlds we can find.

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The organic apple cart was upset this week when the UK Food Standards Agency released the results of their research into the nutritional benefits of organic food. According to the FSA there aren't any, or least none that are 'important'! Unsurprisingly this has caused a ruckus, with the Soil Association leading the retaliation from the organic food sector. They have accused the FSA of a narrow field of research which excluded many of the existing studies on the subject. To bolster nutritional confidence we take a tour of the blogosphere orchard to pick a few ripe organic apples of our own.