Opinion articles

A selection of articles by Dan Cass.

Energy

Dan attended Japan's biggest photovoltaic energy event and wrote on the ascendancy of Japan and China in solar markets for The Punch.

An enthusiastic piece in The Punch about electric cars, inspired by a test-drive of the new Toyota Prius.

Climate politics

Dan wrote an article on the Federal Budget 09 for Crikey and another Crikey piece on environmental journalism.

A Crikey blog post written when the Liberal Party replaced Malcolm Turnbull with Tony Abbott was republished on Peak Energy - the individual blog of Big Gav, one of the leading Australian contributors to The Oil Drum.)

The Sydney Morning Herald asked Dan to write a longer version of an opinion piece on environmentalism which first ran in The Manic Times, Charles Firth's short-lived experiment in Gonzo Journalism.

Science and Technology

An article on science, technology and the impact climate change has on our concepts of progress ran in the Canberra Times and on the ABC's online opinion site.

Peace

Dan led a two-hour session on Peace and Environment for Postgraduate students at the University of Sydney. He gave a paper to a meeting of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs attended by Joseph Rotblat. In 1995, Rotblat and Pugwash were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms".

International Climate Law

The Punch stirred some controversial reactions when it ran an opinion piece about climate crimes and the campaign for an International Court of the Environment.

Art

A review of the Biennale of Sydney 2008, which won the Biennale's blog competition.

Books

A Collection of Desire, which was purchased by the City of Melbourne when it opened its City Library in 2003.

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