PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: March 27, 2023 Contact: Michael Brown 309) 454-3169 x.11 The Ecology Action Center (EAC) successfully planted over 20,000 trees in the past two years due to the strong financial and volunteer support from the Bloomington-Normal and McLean County community. In order to reach the annual…
According to the Ecology Action Center (EAC), there is a recent surge in door-to-door solicitors offering to reduce residents’ energy costs or reduced cost solar installations and a corresponding surge in complaints. These offers might sound appealing, but many of them are disingenuous and can result in higher energy costs…
The Ecology Action Center invites proposals for a feasibility study to explore a permanent facility for the collection and disposal of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) in McLean County, Illinois. Permanent household hazardous waste collection facilities are an essential part of municipal recycling and solid waste management infrastructure. Removing HHW from…
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 19, 2022 Contact: Michael Brown (309) 454-3169 x.11 The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled the September 2022 McLean County Household Hazardous Waste Collection event due to insufficient capacity for processing hazardous waste materials after a June fire at their contractor’s Liverpool, Ohio processing facility. …
Municipal Electricity Aggregation and Rising Electricity Costs for Ameren Customers in Bloomington Normal The Town of Normal and City of Bloomington have both entered into a new municipal aggregation contract with Constellation Energy. The contract is for 3 years and begins on July 1, 2022. These contracts offer a fixed…
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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Contact: Michael Brown, (309) 454-3169 x.11 In 2021, with the help of hundreds of donors and volunteers and multiple partner organizations, the Ecology Action Center (EAC) successfully led the planting of 10,000 new trees in McLean County under a new initiative called…
Illinois State University’s Office of Sustainability and the ISU Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology invites campus and community members to: “The Green Screen: A Climate Change Film Series.” Films feature a different topic each month, with a focus on the global climate change crisis. *ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND…
