Wait until 2040 to close trash incinerator? Hennepin County leaders, activists want a much shorter timeline startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Environmental justice advocates and Hennepin County commissioners were frustrated Thursday by a report and recommendation from county staff that said it was best to wait until 2040 to close the facility that incinerates nearly half of residents' trash. Activists have been fighting for years to close the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, or HERC, because of the adverse health effects emissions .
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Report card on Walz s climate performance gives him low marks
A coalition led by the Sierra Club North Star Chapter of environmental advocates and native leaders say Gov. Walz is falling short on climate policies. 6:09 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 ×
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. State of Minnesota photo.
Environmental leaders and organizations say Gov. Tim Walz isn’t doing enough for Minnesota’s climate.
The North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, along with other environmental organizations, issued a mid-term “report card” on Walz’s climate policies.
The report was critical of Walz’s proposed budgets on transit, and inaction on blocking Enbridge’s Line 3 project that will transport oil from Canada through Minnesota. The line, which would cross 200 bodies of water, including lakes, wetlands and rivers, and Native American tribal land where wild rice is grown, has sparked ongoing protests.
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