SALT LAKE CITY Cutting pollution that is harmful to human health is not only helping people but is helping migratory bird populations in a staggering way.
A new study by Cornell University and the University of Oregon suggests that efforts under the Clean Air Act to cut ozone pollution over the last 40 years may have averted the deaths of 1.5 billion birds, or 20% of bird life in the United States today.
Ground-level ozone is a vexing problem in Utah during the summer and the target of local research and regulatory efforts to tamp it down. Unhealthy ozone concentrations have even shown up in unlikely places like the mountainous region in Summit County.
derek lamb, an aging service program specialist for the newly reorganized administration for community living here in region 9, the department of health and human services. he has over 23 years of experience in the field of aging and long-term support services. he served as the aging service program specialist since 19, ok. not a kid would say 1906 and in 2006. 2002-2005. we asked him to join us here with some wise remarks. [applause] good morning, everyone. can you hear me? all right. well, on behalf of the original administrator for the newly created administration for community living, i would like to congratulate the city and county of san francisco for launching the 2012 aging and disability technology summit. it was approximately a month ago that secretary kathleen sebelius said the u.s. department of health and human services announced the creation of this new federal agency, and that is the administration for community living. and in her words, she said for too l
communities, but your department has always been looking at four things that would help increase capacity for things that would help increase capacity interconnectivity. this year s summit s focus on creativity and technology and be sure that we use the wonderful grant from our federal partners in the department of commerce to help us engage healthier, happier, and more connections with our aged community and persons with disabilities. it is a wonderful goal, and we have a lot to talk about today. i also want to welcome all of the businesses that have been partners with this. you know, when it comes to technology, we in the government can never do it alone. whether it is federal, state, or local government, we have got to work with our private partners so that all of the media connections can happen. i want to give a shout out to comcast, verizon, the san francisco health plan, scan health med, unlock, our media partners, and all the organizations and volunteers working alo
francisco, because so many of our technology companies have located their headquarters here in san francisco. [cheers and applause] and because they re located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. david chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. we want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. we want them to enjoy the economy in san francisco. that is why we re working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these technology companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across