Upcoming EPA Webinars!

EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinar

Data Management Tools for Emergency Response

Thursday, August 10, 2023

3-4 pm ET

This webinar will explore the critical role of effective data management in disaster response, particularly in the context of environmental sampling and contamination incidents. By providing a comprehensive overview of data management processes, tools, and best practices, we will showcase the application of these principles to an environmental field study—the Operational Testing and Evaluation of Chemical Remediation Activities (OTECRA) Demonstration. Through the examination of the OTECRA Demonstration, we’ll emphasize the need for accurate, accessible, and organized data, as well as effective Data Management Plans (DMPs), to facilitate informed decision-making, coordination, and cleanup efforts.

EPA Air, Climate & Energy Research Webinar

Tools for Helping State and Municipal Decision-Makers Meet Air Quality, Climate and Energy Objectives: Glimpse and COMET

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

3-4:15 pm ET

Local, state, and regional authorities are facing many challenges, including those caused by climate change, urbanization, limited natural resources, and aging infrastructure. In developing management strategies, these authorities also have the objectives of promoting economic development, protecting the environment, and providing clean and affordable energy. The result is a complex decision-making landscape. Decision makers would benefit from tools that help them quantify the impacts of potential management strategies, identify the tradeoffs of planning objectives, and develop win-win solutions. EPA has been building two such tools: GLIMPSE and COMET. GLIMPSE is a decision support tool that assists long-term environmental, climate, and energy planning. City-based Optimization Model for Energy Technologies (COMET) is an energy-environment-economic optimization model. This presentation will describe how these frameworks can be used to support state and municipal planning.

EPA Tools & Resources Webinar

Cumulative Impacts: EPA’s Environmental Quality Index (EQI)

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

3-4 pm ET

EPA’s Environmental Quality Index (EQI) is an estimate of U.S. county ambient environmental quality across five domains: air, water, land, sociodemographic, and built environment. The EQI helps researchers better understand how health outcomes relate to cumulative environmental exposures that typically are viewed in isolation. Because the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the buildings around us all play a part in our overall well-being, researchers can use the EQI to investigate and highlight associations between environmental quality and a given health concern. This webinar will provide an overview of the EQI methodology, including information on rural/urban differences, as well as a summary of the health outcome research that has been conducted to date.