Dan Ross is a journalist whose work has appeared in Truthout, the Guardian, FairWarning, Newsweek, YES! Magazine, Salon, AlterNet, Vice, and a number of other publications.
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As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
By Dan Ross in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
Livestock waste can contain dangerous pathogens, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.
It’s a harsh reality for the climate: What’s already been emitted must be sucked out of the air, too.
A key to fighting climate change could be right under our feet.
By Dan Ross in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
Managing solar radiation through technology is possible, but there are ethical and political concerns.
We have a new major environmental problem on our hands.
To prevent the worst climate scenarios, carbon emissions must be slashed to net-zero by 2050.
Dan Ross is a journalist whose work has appeared in Truthout, the Guardian, FairWarning, Newsweek, YES! Magazine, Salon, AlterNet, Vice, and a number of other publications. He is based in Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter: @1danross.
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Using Giant Nets to Clean Plastic Out of the Oceans Comes With Substantive Risks
Truthout | May | 2023
Critics of flashy ocean-cleaning technology say the use of such nets to sweep plastics from the seas can disrupt and damage sensitive aquatic ecosystems. Others characterize the project as, at best, an inefficient waste of tremendous resources, and at worst, a deliberate obfuscation of the ultimate fix to ocean plastic waste — cutting the problem off at the source.
Truthout | August | 2022
Poor countries face some of the greatest challenges from climate change—and apathy from their richest global cousins.
The Guardian | May | 2020
The federal agency providing oversight of the commercial nuclear sector is attempting to push through a rule change critics say could allow dangerous amounts of radioactive material to be disposed of in places like municipal landfills, with potentially serious consequences to human health and the environment.
The Guardian | January | 2020
Environmentalists say incinerating a vast stockpile of firefighting foam containing harmful PFAS is putting communities at risk.
The Guardian | December | 2017
Rainwater in some parts of the U.S. contains high enough levels of potentially toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to possibly affect human health and may, if found in drinking water, in some cases be high enough to trigger regulatory action.
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