The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) recently held the 2010 TRI Webinar: Using TRI to Support Environmental Justice. The purpose of the Webinar was to share experiences and lessons learned using TRI to address environmental justice concerns and expand TRI use among current and potential users who work on environmental justice issues.

• The recorded webcast is available here (WMV, 165MB, 140 minutes)
• A copy of the main webinar slides are available for download. (PDF, 262kb, 19pp)

Presentations

Working for Environmental Justice

• Heather Case, U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice

TRI Background and Practical Demonstrations

• Mariela Lopez, U.S. EPA Region 9
  • ABCs of TRI (PDF, 325kb, 23pp)
• Tony Davis, U.S. EPA Region 10
  • Demonstrations of TRI.NET, TRI Explorer, and Envirofacts (ZIP, 1.7MB, 8 PDF files and one JPG)

TRI Program Update

• Rebecca Moser, U.S. EPA TRI Program Division
  • Toxics Release Inventory: Program Update (PDF, 173kb, 9pp)

Use of TRI to Address Community EJ Concerns

• Wilma Subra, Subra Company
  • Correlation of TRI dioxin and furan emissions data with dioxin and furan congeners in the blood of community members. (PDF, 4.5MB, 14pp)
• James Sadd, Occidental College
  • Use of the TRI and RSEI to address questions of inequality and cumulative impacts
• Julia May, Communities for a Better Environment
  • Community Right-to-Know Access and Community Power (PDF, 2.4MB, 15pp)

Using EPA’s Risk Screening Environmental Indicators to Support Environmental Justice

• Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
  • Using EPA’s Risk Screening Environmental Indicators To Support Environmental Justice (PDF, 2MB, 28pp)

View Webinar Presenter Bios

Webinar Contacts

Jennifer Major, Ross & Associates (representing ECOS) at jennifer.major@ross-assoc.com
Christine Arcari, U.S. EPA at arcari.christine@epa.gov