A case study of beach pollution illustrates economic and political influences that have shaped environmental policy in Britain.

This paper explores how an expert body, The Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution, was established in the face of different interests and agendas, the importance (and difficulties) of technical standard-setting with reference to environmental pollution, and, finally, the uses of environmental monitoring.

A prize-winning short film about a man who, living a lonely life under dark clouds of industrial smog somewhere in a futuristic city, receives a mysterious package enabling him to change his environment.

This film examines the processes and politics involved in mining uranium at sites such as the Olympic Dam in Australia and transporting it to Europe in order to generate nuclear power.