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Zero Burn Coalition Minneapolis deserves clean air. We’re organizing to shut down the HERC — the biggest polluter in Hennepin County.

10/16/2026

The next entry to our Burn Book is a toxic mess located next to the historically black and working-class neighborhoods of North Minneapolis.
Over the past 37 years, the HERC facility has become the top polluting facility in Hennepin County, contributing roughly $16 million in health damages, and its emissions are connected to an estimated 1-2 premature deaths annually.
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Check out our new publication, The Burn Book: Incinerators that Threaten the Climate, Public Health, and Our Finances.
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Global Week of Action (c) Geoff Dittberner

10/15/2026

“When I think about the HERC trash burner and what it is doing to the air, I think about my own family — and the difference between the quality of life between my grandchildren and the children in North Minneapolis.”

Judy Gregg’s grandkids grew up playing sports in clean air. “Instead of being out on a baseball diamond, or running on a track like my grandkids were able to do, some children are spending their time in the emergency room because they cannot breathe.”

This week, GAIA placed HERC on its international watch list.

“Commissioner Edelson, I’ve heard that you support the closure of the plant. It is now time to act.”

“They deserve the same opportunities that my grandchildren have. They deserve the right to breathe.”

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10/14/2026

Gene Harvey, a Northsider and JACC member, spoke out on what it’s like living in HERC’s shadow — and called on Board Chair Fernando to take action.

“It makes you feel like we don’t matter.”

Hennepin County tests HERC for dioxins once a year, under controlled conditions. Research shows actual emissions from incinerators like it run 460–1,290 times higher than those annual tests catch — because the test misses the startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions when pollution spikes. PFAS isn’t tested at all.

“We live here. We breathe this air. And we matter too.”

10/13/2026

A child’s zip code shouldn’t decide whether they can breathe.

In Hennepin County — in a state that prides itself on caring for its neighbors — kids in North Minneapolis, a historically Black and working-class community, visit the ER for asthma more than any other community in Minnesota.

This week is the Global Week of Action to Stop Incineration. HERC, the Minneapolis trash burner, is why.

Rally with us Tuesday, Oct 13, 9 AM at Jordan Area Community Council, 2126 W Broadway, Minneapolis.

10/12/2026

Commissioners defend HERC by saying it’s “within permitted limits.” Here’s what that misses: the permit itself is the problem.

HERC, the Minneapolis trash burner, runs on a legacy permit — built on federal standards the EPA set in 1995. They’ve barely changed since.

Mary Blitzer, Deputy Director of Sierra Club North Star Chapter, shines a light on the outdated rules still deciding what North Minneapolis breathes today.

For the Global Week of Action to Stop Incineration, we’re demanding better: standards for new incinerators, not a legacy permit built on rules a federal court found improperly set.

Rally with us Tuesday, Oct 13, 9 AM at Jordan Area Community Council, 2126 W Broadway, Minneapolis.

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