TRI Video Collection

The Power of Community Right-to-Know: Brief overview of the importance of the information collected under EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory Program, created as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

Introduction to the Toxics Release Inventory Program: An overview of the TRI Program. Describes what data are collected and how the data can be used. Includes a demo of the TRI Toxics Tracker and a question-and-answer session with TRI Program staff.

Introduction to EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Model: An overview of the RSEI model. Includes a discussion of how RSEI works, its limitations, and how RSEI results can help answer questions about potential health risks from chemical releases.

Using Data for Collaborative Action: In Communities: Residents of the Southeast Como neighborhood near Minneapolis, Minnesota, used TRI data to identify nearby industrial facilities with the largest air emissions. The neighborhood group established "good neighbor agreements" with several of the facilities and worked with them to create mutually beneficial relationships and find ways to reduce air emissions.

Integrating Air Quality and Environmental Justice into Decarbonization: Dr. Michael Ash discusses using TRI and the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) model to include local pollution in the analysis of greenhouse gas policies, such as carbon pricing, coal-to-gas conversions, CCUS, etc.

Risk and Environmental Justice Screening for Teaching, Research, and Beyond: Dr. Troy Abel discusses using TRI and Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) data 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.

Using Data for Collaborative Action: At Universities: TRI data serve as the basis for an environmental role-playing game about working collaboratively to address local environmental challenges.

TRI Toxics Tracker: Learn About Chemicals in Your Community: A demonstration of the TRI Toxics Tracker tool, which can be used to answer questions such as what toxic chemical releases are occurring in a particular community and which facilities might be contributing to disproportionate releases potentially affecting nearby residents.

TRI Data and the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act: A discussion 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.

Data in Action: Real-World Applications of the TRI: Three researchers discuss how they have used TRI data in their work in the fields of environmental justice, public health equity, and corporate environmental performance. Featuring Dr. Michael Ash, Dr. Michael Petroni, and Dr. Kevin Smiley.

TRI at the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute: A discussion of how the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute uses TRI data to prioritize business sectors for focused outreach and technical assistance on pollution prevention approaches.

Reducing TRI Emissions at the Allnex-Wallingford Resin Facility: A detailed look at how one company in Wallingford, Connecticut, significantly reduced its on-site releases of TRI chemicals.

Using Data for Collaborative Action--At Industrial Facilities: A Minneapolis-based bakeware manufacture uses TRI data to identify ways to reduce the use of certain toxic chemicals in its processes and finished products.

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