Offer an overview of all emissions to the air, the state of air pollution and its impacts, and society's reponse to managing air pollution. The book aims to give answers to such questions as: what is the state of the atmosphere and is it improving or detoriating.

This report provides a detailed assessment of the state of the freshwater environment in England and Wales. It brings together and examines information on the various stresses placed upon it and the consequent state of it as looked at from different points of view.

This report is the second in a series of detailed assessments of the state of the environment of England and Wales by the Environment Agency. It brings together and analyzes information on the coastal environment from many different points of view, such as resources, quality and ecological health.

The present and future state of the environment gives rise to ever increasing concern, but much less is known as yet about the past: the damage that has been done since, and by, the Industrial Revolution; how far our predecessors were aware of it; the steps they took; and the gradual development of a wider concern for the state of the world and our impact on it. This timely and pioneering survey, designed for general readers as well as students and scholars, is a substantial contribution to that understanding.