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Working to shut down the HERC trash burner in Minneapolis

https://zeroburncoalition.org
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Join us for a Virtual Discussion + Power Hour, where we will be discussing the current moment and take action together. Let’s collectively demand Hennepin County commissioners honor their 2023 resolution to close HERC.

RSVP: Tinyurl.com/ShutDownHERC
Graphic with the HERC trash burner in the background with a glitchy overlay. A black and white group of community members is in front of it, holding signs, with one saying, “It is a choice to keep HERC open.” There is also a graphic of a large fist behind HERC. Text says, “Hunger Strike Countdown. MLK Day + HERC. From sanitation worker solidarity to ending environmental racism, we will no longer allow Hennepin County to attack our communities. Mon. Jan 19. 2pm. Virtual Discussion + Power Hour. RSVP: tinyurl.com/shutdownherc Text: “Hunger Strike Countdown. Zero Burn Coalition has given Hennepin County a 30 day deadline to meet these demands: 1) Start closure of HERC trash burner 2) Agree to a community led transition process 3) Ensure accountability and transparency.”
January 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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mnejtable.bsky.social
Hennepin County is lobbying for incineration to be counted as "carbon-free" energy, and the PUC is voting on January 15th. Please contact Gov Walz and the PUC today, so we can continue advocating for and protecting our communities in Minnesota. tinyurl.com/carbon-free
Graphic with the reflection of a downtown building in the background and a group of people holding signs in the foreground that say “Stop Burning Away Our Futures,” “It’s a Choice to Keep HERC Open,” “Asthma is Killing Me,” etc. Text: “Hunger Strike Countdown. Someone tell the PUC: Burning Trash Ain’t Carbon Free! Take Action: Contact the PUC: tinyurl.com/carbon-free. Show Up: Jan. 15, 9:45am MN Public Utilities Commission, 121 7th Place E, St. Paul.” There is a Zero Burn Coalition logo that has a smoking factory in the background and a bar across it with the word “Strike” Text: “Hennepin County is lobbying through the Partnership on Waste & Energy (PWE) to get the PUC to count burning trash as "carbon-free" energy. This is the type of anti-democratic policymaking that our hunger strikers are demanding comes to an end. Text: “The 100% Carbon-Free Law was supposed to make MN carbon-free by 2040. On 1/15, the PUC is being pressured to corrupt this law by defining burning trash and wood as "carbon-free". This means HERC and other incinerators would get money that should go to actual clean energy like solar. We are demanding Gov. Walz's PUC not give HERC and other incinerators this lifeline. Learn more + take action at: tinyurl.com/carbon-free
January 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
If I wasn't a religious fanatic about data centres I'd spend 100% of my time working on waste incineration and how it links up with plastics and CCS greenwashing stuff. It is expanding in Aus just like so many other regions

By @richarddenniss.bsky.social -->>

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Waste incinerators: the latest bin fire in Australian climate policy
Something has gone terribly wrong with a society and an economy that sees a steady and inexhaustible flow of garbage as a reliable fuel for generating electricity. But here we are.
thepoint.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Zero Burn Coalition members are preparing to hunger strike if demands to close HERC and start working with community are not met.

Read the full press release at zeroburncoalition.org

#TimeIsUp #ShutDownHerc
Images of people holding signs protesting the HERC trash burner. Text: "Hunger Strike to Commence if Demands Are Not Met." Image of HERC burner in the background. Zero Burn Coalition logo and Time Is Up Hennepin logo included Text: "Hunger Strike to Commence. Zero Burn Coalition has given Hennepin County and 30 day deadline to meet these demands: 1) Start closure of HERC trash burner 2) Agree to a community led transition process. 3) Ensure accountability and transparency
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Tune in to @kfai.org now to hear from Natasha, Anndrea and Cierra about how they got involved in organizing to shut down the HERC!

Show: No Name in the Street with D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social

Kfai.org
Four people in a radio studio smiling towards the camera
December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Tune into @kfai.org 90.3FM Tuesday (12/16) for a timely convo on “No Name in the Street” with @bullycreative.bsky.social and members of the Zero Burn Coalition⚡📻🎶

Show starts at 8am, Zero Burn convo from 9-10.

kfai.org
KFAI - Fresh Air Community Radio
90.3 FM Twin Cities
kfai.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Thanks for the interest in the HERC + zero waste!

Hope to see you all on the 18th!
jk9.bsky.social Jesse Mortenson @jk9.bsky.social · Dec 9
NEW EPISODE: can we close the HERC? or will we burn trash for another decade?

On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.

millcityhall.com/episodes/202...
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Two weeks ago, constituents met with Cmsr Fernando + she agreed to release an updated assessment of the HERC by December 18. (see release at link in bio)

We are holding a townhall on Dec 18 at 5:30pm to discuss that assessment + get moving on next steps.

Stay tuned for more details!
Flier with with images of the Hennepin County government center, the HERC trash burner and an altered Hennepin County logo that has an hour glass inside the H, with trash flowing down like the sand in an hour glass. Text in the logo says: “Time is up Hennepin. Shut it down!” A semitransparent map of Hennepin County is in the background along with a red gradient emulating a sunset. Additional text says, “Dec 18, 5:30, HERC Townhall, Save the Date, To Demand Accountability and Get Moving on Next Steps. Other graffiti style text says, “Stop HERC, Let Mpls Breathe!”. A Zero Burn Coalition logo is included
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
THIS WEDNESDAY, 11/19, 6-7:30pm! Hear from healthcare workers and other community members on the impacts of burning trash...

Location: Heritage Park Neighborhood Association, 1000 Olson Memorial Highway, Minneapolis
Flier with a picture of HERC incinerator in the background and a large group of people protesting in the foreground with various sayings like, “Close the door on HERC, open a window for zero waste,” “Hennepin County: Let’s move beyond burn and bury, do your part and start the closure of HERC.” Text of flier says: “you’re invited: HERC TOWNHALL WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS: Wed • 11/19 • 6-7:30pm Heritage Park Neighborhood Association 1000 Olson Memorial Highway, MPLS, HERC is the #1 polluter in Hennepin County and is poisoning and killing people. North and South MPLS are particularly impacted. Healthcare workers + professionals are raising the alarm on the County’s misleading information. Light dinner will be provided. Learn more at: zeroburncoalition.org” Co-sponsored by Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, Black Visions, Minnesota Environmental Justice Table, Sierra Club North Star Chapter, Zero Burn Coalition
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Have you been wondering what’s going on with the HERC?

Join the “State of the Campaign” webinar Wed 9/17 at 6pm!

Sign up at zeroburncoalition.org
you’re invited: state of the campaign to shut down herc! Wednesday 9/17 6-7:30pm on zoom We will discuss the status of the HERC closure campaign and hear from coalition partners to provide an overview of the health, financial, and legal frameworks. We will also outline a series of next steps as we prepare for the next few months. Sign up at: zeroburncoalition.org Picture of herc trash burner and minneapolis skyline in the background.
September 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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mnejtable.bsky.social
We’re teaming up with ACER and @zeroburncoalition.bsky.social for a forum on the development of waste facility plans that affect north west suburbs of MN. See you there?

Sept 18, 6-8pm
Brooklyn Park Library

RSVP: www.acerinc.org/event-detail...
Event flier with a picture of a massive room filled with trash and a bulldozer pushing trash into a pit. Text: “Join us at the Expert Panel & Community Forum. Join us to bring community voices and inform development of the waste facility plans that affect north west suburbs of MN. Speak up! Did you know: 1) $26 million planned to be allocated last legislative cycle 2) Brooklyn Park would be burdened by expanding the waste facility 3) Community health & the environment will be impacted. September 18th 6pm-8pm. Brooklyn Park Library Mississippi River Room (8500 W Broadway, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445. Light dinner will be provided. For questions contact asasikumar@acerinc.org. RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expert-panel-community-forum-tickets-1657443170139?aff=oddtdtcreator
September 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
📰UPDATE: Evidence of the County misleading the public on HERC published in Sahan Journal...

sahanjournal.com/climate-envi...
Residents call on Hennepin County for clear plan to shut down HERC incinerator. Internal email suggests no closure is imminent.
The public pressure campaign to close a controversial Minneapolis trash incinerator is ramping up again, as the public asks Hennepin County Commissioners for a clear plan.
sahanjournal.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
🔊 TUESDAY! LOCATION UPDATE: Meet on the NORTH side of the building by the steps closest to 4th Ave

Join friends + neighbors next Tuesday at the Hennepin County board meeting to demand the County starts a HERC closure immediately!

7/22
12:30pm
A flier with abstract images of painted lungs and flames and smoke stacks from the HERC trash burner, with smoke pluming out and the words blended into the art saying “Shut it down, Let North Minneapolis Breathe”. Text over the art says “Mobilize: Join friends and neighbors to demand Hennepin County starts the closure of HERC immediately. 12:30 - July 22. Hennepin County Government Center. 300 S 6th St, MPLS. (UPDATE: Meet on the NORTH side of the building by the steps closest to 4th Ave!).’ A Zero Burn Coalition logo is included.
July 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
THIS WED! Learn about HERC from a panel of community leaders and technical experts, and discuss what comes next with your neighbors.

HERC Education Session:

🗓 Wed July 16: 6-7:30

📍Location: Zoom (Sign up at bit.ly/hercsessions)
Flier with an image of the HERC trash burner in the background and text, “YOU’RE INVITED: HERC EDUCATION SESSION! Have you ever wondered… * Why is Hennepin County continuing to operate a waste incinerator that is aging and causing harm to the environment and community? * What is the cost to the environment and the community that surrounds the HERC? * What false or misleading claims is the County using to justify continued support for the HERC and the special interests that benefit from it? JOIN WEDNESDAY 7/16 AT 6PM ON ZOOM LEARN ALL ABOUT IT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS! Sign up at: bit.ly/hercsessions” Minnesota Environmental Justice and Zero Burn Coalition logos are included
July 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
⚡🎨THIS TUES: Make some art with friends as we gear up for a big push this summer!

🗓 July 15: 6:30-8:30pm
📍Spill Paint Not Oil studio, 2482 University Ave W, St Paul
Ring the white doorbell for Studio #F5

Supplies and food provided. Wear clothes you can get paint on. Masks required.
Flier with an image of a large group holding signs like “HERC Trashes Our Community”, “Let Mpls Breathe”, “We All Want Clean Air”, “Shut It Down”. Layered text says “ZERO BURN ART BUILD: Tuesday July 14, 6:30-8:30pm, Spill Paint Not Oil studio, 2482 University Ave W, St Paul. Ring the white doorbell for Studio #F5. Make some art with friends for upcoming actions! No experience necessary. Supplies and food provided. Wear clothes you can get paint on. Masks required.” A Zero Burn Coalition logo is included.
July 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Hennepin County Government Center
300 S 6th St, MPLS

12:30
July 22

More soon.
A flier with abstract images of painted lungs and flames and smoke stacks from the HERC trash burner, with smoke pluming out and the words blended into the art saying “Shut it down, Let North Minneapolis Breathe”. Text over the art says “Hennepin County Government Center, 12:30, July 22, STAY TUNED”. A Zero Burn Coalition logo is included.
July 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
THIS THURS: Make some art with friends as we gear up for a big push this summer!

We’re back with another Zero Burn Art Build

🗓 Thurs July 10: 6-9pm
📍2482 University Ave W, St. Paul
Ring the white doorbell for Studio #F5
Flier with an image of a large group holding signs like “HERC Trashes Our Community”, “Let Mpls Breathe”, “We All Want Clean Air”, “Shut It Down”. Layered text says “ZERO BURN ART BUILD: Thursday July 10, 6-9pm, Spill Paint Not Oil studio, 2482 University Ave W, St Paul. Ring the white doorbell for Studio #F5. Make some art with friends for upcoming actions! No experience necessary. Supplies and food provided. Wear clothes you can get paint on. Masks required.” A Zero Burn Coalition logo is included.
July 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
⚡🎨THURS: Make some art with friends as we gear up for a big push this summer!

🗓 Thurs June 26: 6-9pm
📍Spill Paint Not Oil, 2482 University Ave W, St. Paul
Ring the white doorbell for Studio #F5

No experience necessary. Supplies and food provided. Wear clothes you can get paint on. Masks required.
Flier with an image of a large group holding signs like “HERC Trashes Our Community”, “Let Mpls Breathe”, “We All Want Clean Air”, “Shut It Down”. Layered text says “ZERO BURN ART BUILD: Thursday June 26, 6-9pm, Spill Paint Not Oil studio, 2482 University Ave W, St Paul. Ring the white doorbell for Studio #F5. Make some art with friends for upcoming actions! No experience experience necessary. Supplies and food provided. Wear clothes you can get paint on. Masks required.” A Zero Burn Coalition logo is included.
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
THIS WED! Learn about HERC from a panel of community leaders, technical experts, and elected officials, and discuss what comes next with your neighbors.

🗓 June 25: 6-7:30 - Panel + Convo on HERC + Zero Waste
(UPDATE: 5:45-6:00 for food)

📍Location: First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Ave S, MPLS
Flier with text, “You’re Invited: Panel and conversation on HERC and Zero Waste! Wed June 25 6:00-7:30pm (UPDATE: 5:45-6:00 for food). First Universalist Church 3400 Dupont Ave S, Minneapolis. We’ll discuss how residents can help shape plans to close HERC and be part of the transition back to zero waste!” There is an image of the HERC trash burner blurred out in the background. In the foreground there is an image of people holding signs that say, “Close the HERC, Stop Choking N. Mpls”; “Shut Down HERC, No More Burn” (this sign has an image of smoke from factory stacks going directly into lungs); “Let North Mpls Breath. My Lungs Are Not Your Dumping Ground” (this sign is shaped like a flame and painted red, yellow, and orange); “Clean Air 4 All”; “HERC Trashes Our Community” (also a flame sign). Minnesota Environmental Justice Table, First Universalist Church of Minneapolis and Zero Burn Coalition logos are included.
June 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Amidst the deeply frustrating decisions at the legislature to cut healthcare for undocumented people and not follow through on the funding for Roof Depot, there was some good news. 🧵
Graphic with text: “Some good news: no state funding for giant waste facility in Brooklyn Park until there’s real community engagement and a commitment to close HERC!” There is a map of Brooklyn Park with trucks surrounded by fumes driving towards a site that says “Proposed Waste Processing Facility”. A large X is placed over the map.
June 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
HERC Education Sessions are back!

Join the next virtual session 6/18 6-7:30pm on Zoom to hear directly from community members, policy experts, scientists, union members, + researchers to gain a well-rounded understanding of the issue of HERC and moving to zero waste.

Sign up at bit.ly/hercsession
Flier with an image of the HERC trash burner in the background and text, “YOU’RE INVITED: HERC EDUCATION SESSION! Have you ever wondered… * Why is Hennepin County continuing to operate a waste to energy (WtE) incinerator that is aging and causing harm to the environment and community? * What is the cost to the environment and the community that surrounds the HERC? * What false or misleading claims is the County using to justify continued support for the HERC and the special interests that benefit from it? JOIN WEDNESDAY 6/18 AT 6PM ON ZOOM LEARN ALL ABOUT IT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS! Sign up at: bit.ly/hercsessions” Minnesota Environmental Justice and Zero Burn Coalition logos are included
June 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Urgent: deliberations are underway on a bonding bill with $26 million for a massive waste facility in Brooklyn Park in another community of color. Some legislators want to pass it by Mon without public input and no plan to close HERC. 🧵
June 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Final session of the season!

We’ve been learning so much together at the HERC Education Sessions, and we hope you will join us the finale Wed 5/21!

Sign up now at bit.ly/hercsessions

#ShutDownHERC
Flier with text: You’re invited: HERC EDUCATION SESSIONS! Have you ever wondered… 1) Why is Hennepin County continuing to operate a waste to energy (WtE) incinerator that is aging and causing harm to the environment and community? 2) What is the cost to the environment and the community that surrounds the HERC? 3) What false or misleading claims is the County using to justify continued support for the HERC and the special interests that benefit from it? Join this Wednesday at 6pm on Zoom! Swipe for more dates and info. Sign up at bit.ly/hercsessions.” Zero Burn Coalition and MN Environmental Justice Table logos are included, and a semi transparent picture of the HERC trash burner is in the background Flier with text: “You’re invited: HERC EDUCATION SESSIONS! Wednesdays at 6pm CT: May 21. Final session of the season! Join this session to hear directly from community members, policy experts, scientists, union members, and researchers to gain a well-rounded understanding of the issue. Sign up at: bit.ly/hercsessions.” MN Environmental Justice Table and Zero Burn Coalition logos are included.
May 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
ALERT: Hennepin County @hennepin.bsky.social is once again trying to impose a large waste facility on working class communities of color through a bill in the MN Leg, with a lack of community input.

Visit win.newmode.net/zeroburncoal... to learn more + tell your reps to amend the bill or pull it!
Graphic with text: “Action Alert: Protect Our Community From Another Polluting Waste Facility. Contact Your Representatives Now.” An image of a map including Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park has smoke plumes around it and trucks driving between the HERC waste incinerator in Minneapolis and a “Proposed Waste Processing Facility” near Brooklyn Park. A disclaimer line underneath the map says “Routes shown are for illustration only.”
May 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
zeroburncoalition.bsky.social
Sign up for the final HERC Education Sessions of the season!

We’ve had a great time getting to meet more neighbors at the first two HERC Education Sessions, and we hope that you will join us this Wednesday (5/14) and/or next Wednesday (5/21) from 6-7:30 CT!

Sign up at: bit.ly/hercsessions
Flier with text: You’re invited: HERC EDUCATION SESSIONS! Have you ever wondered… 1) Why is Hennepin County continuing to operate a waste to energy (WtE) incinerator that is aging and causing harm to the environment and community? 2) What is the cost to the environment and the community that surrounds the HERC? 3) What false or misleading claims is the County using to justify continued support for the HERC and the special interests that benefit from it? Join this Wednesday at 6pm on Zoom! Swipe for more dates and info. Sign up at bit.ly/hercsessions.” Zero Burn Coalition and MN Environmental Justice Table logos are included, and a semi transparent picture of the HERC trash burner is in the background Flier with text: “You’re invited: HERC EDUCATION SESSIONS! Wednesdays at 6pm CT: April 30 [crossed out], May 7 [crossed out], May 14, May 21. Join these sessions to hear directly from community members, policy experts, scientists, union members, and researchers to gain a well-rounded understanding of the issue. Sign up at: bit.ly/hercsessions.” MN Environmental Justice Table and Zero Burn Coalition logos are included.
May 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM