This is now a sample list, about a decade old. Since then I have added many more international databases about greenhouse gas sources and corporate penalties for violations.
| Database name | Description |
| 1605(b) EIA database | Database of voluntary actions taken to reduce emissions of Greenhouse gases |
| 33/50 project data set | Data about commitments made under EPA's voluntary 33/50 emissions reduction program |
| Acid Rain ETS data | Collected for EPA's Clean Air Market programs, these Emissions Tracking System data detail CO2, NOx, and SO2 emissions |
| ARIP database | Accidental Releases Information Program; survey of facilities with major accidents involving air releases of toxic chemicals |
| BRS database (part of RCRAInfo) | Biennial Reporting System; database of hazardous waste generation, transfer, treatment, and disposal quantities. Now part of RCRAInfo. |
| U.S. Census data set | Database of U.S. demographic and economic data from 1990 through 2020 U.S. census |
| CERCLIS database | CERCLA Information System; database of information about Superfund and potential Superfund sites |
| CRP's PAC data set | Database of PAC contributions to politicians from Center for Responsive Politics |
| DOCKET database (ICIS) | Database of enforcement actions and civil court cases brought by EPA (or the Department of Justice on its behalf) against corporations and governments. Now called ICIS. |
| EGRID database | Database of electric power generation and CO2, SO2, and NOx emissions from power plants. Incorporates EPA's CEM database and various EIA databases from the Deptment of Energy. |
| EIA energy data | The Department of Energy has various databases, such as the EIA-767 and EIA-906, that describe electric power plants, their fule use and electricity generation, and their polltion |
| EMCI database | Environmental Master Chemical Integrator; EPA database used in Envirofacts linking chemical names from different databases together |
| ERNS database | Environmental Response and Notification System; database of phone calls made to the National Response Center about chemical accidents and oil spills |
| FAADS database | Database of U.S. Federal government grants and other assistance |
| FPDS database | Database of U.S. Federal government contracts |
| FINDS database | Facility Indexing System; database linking facility records from different databases together. Later replaced by Facility Integration Initiative and then FRS Facility Registry System. |
| GHG database | EPA Greenhouse Gas data for emissions from large point sources. |
| HMDA database | Home Mortgage Disclosure Act database of home mortgage loan applications, used to study redlining |
| IRIS database | Integrated Risk Information System; database of EPA peer-reviewed chemical health effect data |
| LANDVIEW mapping program | LANDVIEW, a free mapping program, contains useful geographic databases about EPA-regulated and other suites, as well as political and geographic boundaries |
| Massachusetts TURA data | Massachusetts Toxic Use Reduction Act data on chemical use, waste generation, releases, and toxic chemicals in products |
| MPG database | Collection of results of EPA tests of vehicle miles-per-gallon |
| New Jersey RPR database | In New Jersey's Community Right-To-Know Act, facilities make Release and Pollution Reports that include information of chemical use and toxics in products |
| NPRI database | National Pollutant Release Inventory; Canadian databases of toxic chemical releases |
| PCS database | Permit Compliance System; database of water pollution permits |
| RCRIS database (RCRAInfo) | RCRA Information System; hazardous waste generation, transfer, treatment and disposal permits. Now called RCRAInfo. |
| Recovery.gov Recipient Reports | Information on contracts and assistance from recipients of funds under the Recovery Act. |
| RMP database | Risk Management Program database of worst-case scenarios, accident response plans, and accident histories from sites with significant chemical accident potential |
| RODS data set | Records of Decision System; collection of documents concerning decisions made about cleanup of Superfund sites |
| RSEI database | The Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators database weights TRI data by toxicity, environmental path, and population exposed |
| SETS data set (PRP) | Database of letters to Potentially Responsible Parties for Superfund sites. Now called PRP. |
| SFIP data set | The Sector Facility Indexing Project combines information on facilities in five major industries from various databases |
| SRD database | Database of estimations of toxic chemical constituents in products |
| TDS database | Total Diet Study; database of tests for pesticide residues in prepared foods |
| TRI database | Toxic Release Inventory; premier U.S. database of toxic releases and waste |
| TSCATS data set | TSCA Tracking System; collection of documents concerning health effects of toxic chemicals submitted by companies to EPA |
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