A new allegation is escalating the long-running fight over a trash burner in Minneapolis, where community activists say county officials monitored closed-door meetings and events while organizers pushed to shut down the downtown facility over pollution concerns.
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At the center of the latest dispute is a claim that Hennepin County officials surveilled and compiled information on activists involved in the yearslong campaign to close the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, also known as HERC…