Environment

Wildfires and Hurricanes Symptoms of Fossil Fuels

Photo courtesy to National Geographic NORMAL, Ill.- With wildfires increasing, hurricanes dominating southern parts of the nation and climate change surging, a group of Illinois State environmental and students students started a Fossil Free ISU Campaign to request the ISU Foundation, the people who oversee ISU's investments, to divest from fossil fuels. "These steadily worsening fires that we are seeing is a symptom of it (fossil fuels)," said Fossil Free […]

September 24, 2020

Local News

Normal Town Council Going Green with Davey Resource Group

NORMAL, Ill.- Normal’s Urban forest will be receiving the attention it needs with the approval of a resource group who will be taking inventory of all of trees in the area. The Normal Town council approved a contract with Davey’s Resource Group for over $40,000 to enable the group to conduct a street tree inventory. Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Damery said this will help them prioritize maintenance of all trees. “They’re going to count each tree. They’re […]

March 3, 2020

Local News

Midwest Fiber debunks myths about recycling

NORMAL - Increasing amounts of contamination in recycling bins is making recycling more difficult and expensive for local disposal services, according to the Ecology Action Center. Despite the real issues recycling companies are facing with today, the public perception has it that the real crisis is with the relatively new Chinese tariffs on imported waste materials. There are even rumors that recycling companies are sending the abundance of materials to […]

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