BNCARE announces air quality monitoring workshop
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: July 14, 2025 Contact: Michael Brown 309-454-3169 x.11 Bloomington-Normal’s summer season started on a hazy note, as multiple air quality events affected the area. These included the mid May dust storms, and multiple days of wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada in the beginning of…
Press Release: Ecology Action Center Advises Caution & Adoption of Energy Efficiency Practices to Reduce Impacts of Rising Prices
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, IL — It’s easy to be confused about the right thing to do with energy prices going up this summer regardless of where you look. In early May, municipal electricity aggregation rates were increased by 40% in a new contract between Constellation and the Town of Normal and City…
Ecology Action Center Urges Local Residents to Take Smart Steps Amid Rising Electricity Prices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2025 Contact: Michael Brown, 309-454-3169 x11 BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, IL — With electricity prices poised to rise in the coming months, the Ecology Action Center (EAC) is urging Bloomington-Normal residents to take proactive steps to keep their energy costs in check—starting with some smart choices about their…
mCLEAN Up Crew Workday
Our local environment needs your help! Join the Ecology Action Center on October 10 from 9:00am to 12:00pm in picking up trash around McLean County for our August mCLEAN Up Crew Workday. Volunteers will use trash grabbers with safety equipment like high visibility vests and gloves to pick up litter…
Sugar Creek Stewards Workday
Come join us for our October workday along Sugar Creek on October 17 from 9:00am to 12:00pm! We need help improving Sugar Creek in designated areas throughout Bloomington and Normal, by clearing invasive plant species and managing the non-invasive plants. Volunteers must be 18 years old or older (or 14…
McLean County Waste Generation and Recycling Rates Continue to Grow
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: July 6, 2023 Contact: Michael Brown, Ecology Action Center, 309-454-3169 x11 McLean County’s recycle rate continues to steadily increase. While the waste generated in McLean County in 2022 grew, the amount recycled grew even more to a total of 46.85%. The county is making progress…
2023 Tree Corps Planting Begins in April
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…
