forbes contributor and assistant professor at loyola marymount university thank you both so much for coming on today. thank you. it's a bird it's a plane no it's really definitely a bird a new study shows that air pollution laws might have saved over 1500000000 of our fine weather friends over the past 40 years pollution regulation specific to air force and across the u.s. have had positive effects lower emissions of ozone polluting and often factory different smoke and small have lead to clear airways a new study conducted by scientists at cornell university in the university of oregon found that improved air quality produced pollution thereby saving the lives of 20 percent of birds in the u.s. today according to ivan rudy the study's lead author reducing pollution has positive impacts in unexpected places and provides an additional policy lever for conservation efforts. looks like a little responsibility goes a long way in protecting mother earth and saving some of its most beautiful features environmental policies once thought soley to protect human life and help provide safety fo