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Twin Cities residents push for environmental justice

There’s an urgency in affected communities to get polluting facilities like the HERC out of their neighborhoods.

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Environmental advocates present plan to close HERC trash incinerator by 2025

The HERC currently takes in about half of Hennepin County’s trash. It burns waste to produce electricity, which is then sold to Xcel Energy.

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Activists detail quicker, two-year timeline to close Hennepin County trash incinerator

Activists detail quicker, two-year timeline to close Hennepin County trash incinerator
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Activists detail quicker, two-year timeline to close Hennepin County trash incinerator

Environmental and social justice activists said Wednesday that Hennepin County leaders' plans to operate a controversial trash incinerator for another decade are unacceptable. Instead, the Zero Burn Coalition detailed a timeline that would close the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) on the edge of downtown Minneapolis by the end of 2025. Activists' expedited timeline includes something .

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Residents, environmental advocates disappointed in Hennepin County incinerator (HERC) closure timeline

Residents, environmental advocates disappointed in Hennepin County incinerator (HERC) closure timeline
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