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Past TRI Program Webinars

Catch TRI-related webinars you might have missed or watch again for a refresher.

Date Webinar Title Materials Speaker(s) Topic Description
April 4, 2024 Highlights from the 2022 TRI National Analysis

View recording (38 minutes)

2022 TRI National Analysis Webinar Slides (pdf) (1.42 MB, 9/25/24)

  • Charlie Snyder, TRI Program, EPA
Annual report An overview of the 2022 TRI data on industrial management of toxic chemicals and a demonstration of the interactive features of the National Analysis website.
August 2, 2023 What is the TRI Preliminary Dataset? Preliminary Data Webinar Presentation (pptx) (3.44 MB)
  • Sarah Swenson, TRI Program, EPA
  • Tim Antisdel, TRI Program, EPA
Data access, online tools Learn how to use the preliminary TRI dataset to find the most recent facility-level data on toxic chemical releases, other waste management, and pollution prevention practices.
June 14, 2023

Reporting Pollution Prevention Information to the TRI

View recording (50 minutes) Presentation Slides: Reporting P2 to the TRI Program (pptx) (4.21 MB)

P2 Reporting Webinar: Chat Log with Q&As (pdf) (120.57 KB)

  • Charlie Snyder, TRI Program, EPA
Pollution prevention, TRI reporting Tips for reporting required and optional pollution prevention information on TRI reporting forms, and examples of how EPA uses this information.
March 28, 2023

Highlights from the 2021 TRI National Analysis

View recording (1 hour, 5 minutes)
  • Charlie Snyder, TRI Program, EPA
Annual report An overview of the 2021 TRI data on industrial management of toxic chemicals, a demonstration of the interactive features of the National Analysis website, and a question-and-answer session with TRI Program staff.
September 21, 2022

TRI Toxics Tracker: A Resource to Learn About Toxic Chemicals in Your Community

View recording (19 minutes)
  • TJ Pepping, Abt Associates
Online tools A demonstration and discussion of the TRI Toxics Tracker tool, which can be used to answer a variety of questions, such as what toxic chemical releases are occurring in a particular community with EJ concerns and which facilities might be contributing to disproportionate releases potentially affecting nearby residents.
September 21, 2022

Reducing TRI Emissions at the Allnex-Wallingford Resin Facility

View recording (17 minutes)
  • Frank Dicristina, Allnex
Pollution prevention, data use A discussion of how one company significantly reduced its on-site releases through innovative practices.
September 21, 2022

Companies Being Good Neighbors: Connecting Students to Businesses to Prevent Pollution

View recording (22 minutes)
  • Lisa Cox, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Pollution prevention, data use A discussion of how Oregon’s internship program supports hands-on pollution prevention and chemistry job experience for college students while providing technical assistance. Includes overview of how TRI data are used to target high-priority businesses to host an intern.
September 21, 2022

TRI Data and the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act

View recording (30 minutes)
  • Tiffany Skogstrom, Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
Data use An overview of how the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance uses TRI data for local chemical safety and climate change resiliency collaborations, environmental justice initiatives, and statewide toxics policy.
September 21, 2022

TRI P2 Search Tool: What are Companies Doing to Prevent Pollution?

View recording (20 minutes)
  • Cheryl Keenan, Eastern Research Group
Online tools, pollution prevention A demonstration of key features of the TRI P2 Search Tool and how to find information about how TRI-reporting facilities are reducing or preventing chemical pollution.
September 20, 2022

An Environmental Justice Case Study: TRI Facilities and Fence-line Communities in EPA Region 10

View recording (11 minutes)
  • Leigh Mante, Columbia University
Data use A discussion of a comprehensive methodology to rapidly identify and visualize vulnerable communities who may be disproportionately exposed to hazardous chemicals as a result of their proximity to TRI facilities.
September 20, 2022

The TRI and the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute

View recording (16 minutes)
  • Charles Ruffing, NY State P2 Institute
Pollution prevention, data use An overview of how the NY State P2 Institute has used TRI data to prioritize business sectors for focused outreach and technical assistance on pollution prevention approaches.
September 20, 2022

Introduction to the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI)

View recording (29 minutes)
  • Cindy Gould, Abt Associates
Online tools An overview of EPA’s RSEI model, a unique resource for exploring the impacts of toxic releases from industrial and federal facilities. Includes discussion of how RSEI works, what its limitations are, and how the model’s results can help answer different questions about potential risk.
September 20, 2022

Integrating Air Quality and Environmental Justice into the Clean Energy Transition

View recording (29 minutes)
  • Dr. Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Data use
A discussion of how TRI/RSEI data are being used to include local pollution in the analysis of greenhouse gas policies, such as carbon pricing, coal-to-gas conversions, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). 
September 20, 2022

Risk and EJ Screening for Teaching, Research, and Beyond

View recording (32 minutes)
  • Dr. Troy Abel, Western Washington University
Data use A discussion of how TRI and RSEI data are used for research involving the distribution of risks posed by toxic chemicals in Seattle and the Duwamish River Valley, as well as other applications of TRI data.
September 20, 2022

Differential Impact of P2 and Green Chemistry Activities on Marginalized Communities

View recording (22 minutes)
  • Trip Johnson, George Washington University
  • Cameron George, George Washington University
Data use
A discussion of research that looks to create a foundation for an environmental justice analysis of green chemistry implementation using the TRI database and EJScreen mapping tool.
May 12, 2022

Using TRI-MEweb to Submit TRI Data

View recording (63 minutes)
  • Juan Parra, TRI Program, EPA
TRI reporting A training webinar covering how to use the TRI-MEweb application to submit TRI data by the July 1 reporting deadline. Includes demonstration of TRI-MEweb reporting software.
March 23, 2022

2019 TRI National Analysis Highlights and Walkthrough

View recording (1 hour, 45 minutes)
  • Caitlin Briere, TRI Program, EPA
Annual report Highlights from the 2019 TRI data, a demonstration of the interactive features of the National Analysis website, and a question-and-answer session with TRI Program staff. 
October 20, 2021

Data in Action: Real-World Applications of the TRI

View recording (1 hour, 10 minutes)
  • Dr. Michael Petroni
  • Dr. Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Dr. Kevin Smiley, Louisiana State University
Data use A discussion of how TRI data have been used in the fields of environmental justice, public health equity, and corporate environmental performance.
October 7, 2021

Toxics in the Community: TRI for Local and Tribal Governments

View recording (1 hour, 33 minutes)
  • Steve Witkin, TRI Program, EPA
  • Sarah Swenson, TRI Program, EPA
  • Caitlin Briere, TRI Program, EPA
  • Cynthia Harris, Environmental Law Institute
Data use An overview of how local and tribal governments can access and use TRI data to help respond to community concerns and protect community health.
September 24, 2021

Accessing and Using the TRI Pollution Prevention (P2) Data

View recording (1 hour, 5 minutes)
  • Sandra Gaona, TRI Program, EPA
  • Charlie Snyder, TRI Program, EPA
Pollution prevention, online tools An overview of how to access and use the TRI data showing how industrial facilities are reducing or eliminating the creation of chemical waste. Includes a demo of several online TRI tools.
September 21, 2021

Introduction to EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model

View recording (1 hour)
  • Mitch Sumner, TRI Program, EPA
  • Cindy Gould, Abt Associates, EPA
Online tools Discussion of what the RSEI model is, how it can be used to provide context for TRI data, and how to access and interpret RSEI results.  
July 8, 2021

TRI for Communities: Using TRI Tools to Find Community-Based Data

View recording (1 hour, 35 minutes)
  • Sarah Swenson, TRI Program, EPA
  • Tina Guthrie, TRI Program, EPA
Online tools Brief overview of the TRI Program, followed by a demonstration of how to use the TRI Search and TRI Search Plus tools to find TRI facilities in and near communities. 
May 20, 2021

Introduction to the Toxics Release Inventory

View recording (1 hour, 36 minutes)
  • Judy Kendall, TRI Program, EPA
  • Sarah Swenson, TRI Program, EPA
TRI overview, online tools Overview of the TRI Program,  including what data are collected and how the data can be used, followed by a demo of the TRI Search tool.
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