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The Maricopa County Annual Air Quality Conference
October 20, 2009
The Maricopa County Air Quality Department hosted the first-ever Partnering for Cleaner Air Annual Air Quality Conference on October 20 at the Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center. With more than 400 business and community leaders in attendance, the one-day conference was a huge success!
The day featured numerous panel discussions that informed participants about the steps that must be taken to educate citizens, businesses and government entities about individual responsibility to clean the air. In addition to intriguing roundtable discussions, the Blue Sky Awards presentation and interactive real-time surveys between each discussion - Denis Hayes, National Coordinator of the first Earth Day, and a Clean Air Champion in his own right, delivered an inspirational and moving keynote speech about environmental sustainability.
The overlying theme of the conference - Partnering for Cleaner Air - does not only pertain to businesses and government entities, but includes all Maricopa County citizens. The Air Quality Department maximized this opportunity to unveil its Clean Air Make More Clean Air Champion campaign to conference attendees. The campaign focuses on the little things that citizens do each and every day to reduce air pollution and highlights them as Clean Air Champions.
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The Maricopa Air Quality Department would like to thank the following organizations for their Steering Committee partnership in this event: ADEQ-Air Quality Division, American Lung Association in Arizona, APS, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Arizona Chapter of Associated General Contractors, Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association, AWMA-Grand Canyon Section, City of Tempe, Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, Huston Environmental Services, Maricopa County Asthma Coalition, Maricopa County Farm Bureau, Maricopa Utilities Group, Quarles and Brady, LLP, the Sierra Club-Grand Canyon Chapter, SRP and Valley Forward.