Activists plan hunger strike as they push for closure of HERC incinerator

A group of activists is upping their tactics as they push for the closure of the Hennepin County Energy Recovery Center (HERC), the incinerator next to Target Field. They’re now planning for a hunger strike.

“This is burning trash that we’re breathing in every single day,” said Natasha Villanueva, of Minneapolis.

The HERC was built in 1989 and sits right in the modern-day North Loop neighborhood…

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