Activists and residents of Minneapolis addressed Hennepin County commissioners at in July, asking for an earlier closure date for the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, or HERC.
The Board of Commissioners passed a resolution in 2023, saying the county would close down the HERC between 2028 and 2040.
North Minneapolis residents and an activist group called the Zero Burn Coalition attended the July 22 board meeting, arguing that the community around the HERC shouldn’t have to deal with unsafe air and the resulting health conditions it causes for another possible 15 years…