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MPCA seeks feedback on new law to curb pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods

MPCA seeks feedback on new law to curb pollution in vulnerable neighborhoods
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State, advocates clash over use of trash incinerators in Minnesota

A new draft plan from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency supports trash incinerators while advocates call for their closure.

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Reader s View: New law means environmental justice for Minnesota

This policy would strengthen the armor of communities fighting for clean air and water.

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Hennepin County must plan to close incinerator, or risk $26 million for organics recycling facility

A condition slipped into the state's infrastructure borrowing bill is a boon to activists.

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Environmental advocates call for shuttering Hennepin County trash incinerator

The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, or HERC, was once considered a source of renewable energy. Now environmental advocates want to shut it down.

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