Shutting down the HERC and fighting for environmental justice in Minneapolis. Clean air is a right — not a privilege. Join us. ⬇️ #FreedomToBreathe https://linktr.ee/zeroburnhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mw74mllgck2eIt's #PFASAwarenessWeek. The industry paid for a report claiming Minnesota's trash burners destroy 99.6% of PFAS. A former EPA scientist reran its numbers. The HERC trash burner could run over 2.5x modern standards. Another expert called it "a pretty poor study." (1/3) #mnleg23 Sep 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw74mllgck2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mw2ised2522g"How can you dare say that you're that giving people a right to pursue liberty when you are impacting their health?" Our neighbors deserve the right to know what's coming out of the HERC trash burner AND how the rules are rigged against our health. Agree? Take action: bit.ly/zbcdemands21 Sep 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2ised2522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mvux7t7szk2c"They will condemn a house that has lead. Why not condemn the HERC? It's putting the same thing out in the air." We deserve the right to know what the burner is putting into our bodies. EMAIL THE BOARD: bit.ly/zbcdemands #FreedomToBreathe #mpls19 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvux7t7szk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mvssoerdlk2n"I have the right to know what I've been breathing. This county never gave me that right." Tell Hennepin Co: The people of #mpls deserve the #RighttoKNow what's coming out of the burner and why the rules are rigged against our health: Take action: bit.ly/zbcdemands #mnleg18 Sep 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvssoerdlk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mvqpnlvh222zWe're live! The Zero Burn Coalition is announcing new demands for the HERC trash burner — continuous monitoring and modern emission limits. We have a right to know what the burner is putting in our bodies, and why the rules are rigged against our health. WATCH: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19ZxHRy3MS/17 Sep 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqpnlvh222zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mvqglovx7c2wTODAY: At 5:30pm the Zero Burn Coalition announces new demands for the HERC trash burner — continuous monitoring and modern emission limits. We have a right to know what the burner is putting in our bodies, and why the rules are rigged against our health. JOIN: bit.ly/0917FB #mpls17 Sep 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqglovx7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mvni6gmnzc2uWe're excited to be joined by B.P. Lyles this Thursday. B.P. has spent years fighting the incinerator in Chester, PA, organizing alongside residents against a toxic waste industry that's polluted their city for decades. Two burners, one fight! RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/mnejtable/event/1024523/ #MPLS16 Sep 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvni6gmnzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mvixtgvcrs2bTHURSDAY: The HERC trash burner's permit is nearly 30 years old. Never designed to protect health. We have a right to know what's actually coming out of the smokestacks. On 9/17: ZBC demands continuous monitoring and modern emission limits. Join us: mobilize.us/s/ij9mF0 #Mpls #FreedomToBreathe14 Sep 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvixtgvcrs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mv4ywbpjfs2hOK. Alright. OK, good chat. @earthjustice.org and the @envirointegrity.bsky.social are suing EPA over incinerator standards that violate the Clean Air Act — standards HERC operates under. Permitted emissions does not mean safe. It just means acceptable harm. #FreedomToBreathe #MPLS10 Sep 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ywbpjfs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3muwsn6mqcs2yHappy #LaborDay to everyone except the politicians blocking Zero Waste jobs. Zero Waste USA ran the numbers: Hennepin County could create 824 to 1,233 jobs in recycling, composting, reuse, and deconstruction. Other cities have already done this. (1/2)07 Sep 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwsn6mqcs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mt34lrztys26Instead of accountability for the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, the federal government is trying to intimidate the unions, immigrant rights groups, and faith communities who stood up for our neighbors this winter. We stand in full solidarity with all facing this targeting. #IceOut14 Aug 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt34lrztys26https://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mqsiaoesmk26Look at this sky. That haze over the Minneapolis skyline, and over the HERC trash burner, is wildfire smoke. Minneapolis has some of the worst air quality of any major city in the world right now. Fires like this are getting bigger and more frequent as the climate crisis worsens. (🧵 1/4)17 Jul 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsiaoesmk26https://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mp5klfwt322sLIVE: From Hennepin to Dakota: Community hearing on HERC trash burner ash. What's in it. Where it goes. What the law requires. WATCH: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18enuMe5fH/ #mpls #mleg25 Jun 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5klfwt322shttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3movnwaszlk2dThe HERC burner produces 80k tons of toxic ash every year. Where does it go? What does the law require? It ends up in Dakota County. And Hennepin is facing legal demands over it. Join us Thurs 6/25 at 6pm to learn more: https://www.mobilize.us/mnejtable/event/974936/ #mnleg https://youtube.com/shorts/UbmUI_DTxao?feature=share22 Jun 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3movnwaszlk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mollzi6yfk2l💯 Council Member @jchavezmpls.bsky.social: Smith Foundry. Bituminous Roadways. The HERC trash burner. Polluting facilities get almost always get placed in historically disenfranchised communities. No more!18 Jun 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mollzi6yfk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3moifjsuk2c2k"Why not make sure bets instead of risky ones? Why not build green infrastructure in the foundations of a climate-resilient city that creates a bounty of stable, green union jobs? A moratorium creates the boundary that could invite a just future like this into being." - Prof. Leslie Myint, MNEJT17 Jun 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3moifjsuk2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mofx3yvk5c2wTODAY: DEFEND THE MORATORIUM! When speculative bubbles burst, BIPOC communities hold the bag. Every time. Data centers are no different. Show up today -- 1:30 PM, City Hall, Business, Housing & Zoning Committee.16 Jun 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofx3yvk5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mo4psi4lik2kThe HERC trash burner poisons the air over Minneapolis. Then it ships the toxic ash to northern Dakota County and landfills it near the river and the prairie where bison have returned to land they hadn't roamed in nearly two centuries. #mnleg #FreedomToBreathe12 Jun 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4psi4lik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mnwv447ezk2mLIVE NOW: @mcea1974.bsky.social Delivers Demand Letter Giving Hennepin County 10 Days to Confront the Toxic Ash from the HERC Trash Burner WATCH - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CvXADmXKH/ #mnleg10 Jun 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwv447ezk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mnbda3cf4s2oHennepin Co. says the HERC trash burner is safe. But a study they point to was funded by the incinerator industry's own trade group, and the county official who oversees the burner is that group's secretary-treasurer. That isn't oversight. It's a conflict of interest. #mnleg02 Jun 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbda3cf4s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mn3spdq7bk27HUGE NEWS: The incinerator industry says burning trash destroys PFAS. The Guardian just reported science that proves that's false. Who do you trust to keep us safe? Henn. County Commrs: follow the science. Close HERC. READ: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/garbage-incinerators-pfas-forever-chemicals #FreedomToBreathe #mnleg30 May 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3spdq7bk27https://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mmu26gnxxc2l“...a federal lawsuit filed by @earthjustice.org and the @envirointegrity.bsky.social has confirmed what communities like ours have known for decades: the EPA and agencies like it have been captured by the industries they were created to regulate...(1/2) #mnleg27 May 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmu26gnxxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mmekbnrhnk2eLIVE SOON: As RFK Jr. and Trump officials visit Minnesota, the Zero Burn Coalition demands accountability over a new EPA lawsuit -- and the rollback of PFAS standards -- intensifying the fight to close the HERC trash burner. WATCH: https://www.facebook.com/share/1B6JmkvQEu/ #FreedomToBreathe21 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmekbnrhnk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mm7qv37qus2e🚨A federal lawsuit just confirmed what MPLS has known for 37 yrs: trash burners are poisoning communities of color while regulators look away. Hennepin Co. Board: your support for even the temp use of burners violates EJ principles. OUR RESPONSE: https://www.zeroburncoalition.org/news/epalawsuit #mnleg19 May 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7qv37qus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mm7qlz4x322eA federal lawsuit just confirmed what MPLS has known for 37 yrs: trash burners are poisoning communities of color while regulators look away. Hennepin Co. Board: your support for even the temp use of burners violates EJ principles. #FreedomToBreathe READ: https://www.zeroburncoalition.org/news/national-letter-90-organizations-tell-hennepin-county-to-close-the-herc-trash-burner-now19 May 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7qlz4x322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mltlofk4pk2lWe're proud to stand in solidarity with Eastside Neighbors for Health and the Climate Justice Committee in the fight to end Northern Iron's pollution impacting the health of a East Side STP community. Whether it's a garbage burner or a foundry, we are united in the fight! #FreedomToBreathe14 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltlofk4pk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3mldxofuduc2zDr. Joanne Hill, a public health expert with deep roots in North Minneapolis, was direct about the Minneapolis trash burner: HERC is not scheduled to close. It will not close at all until commissioners take an additional vote. Henn Co. has a responsibility to reduce harm. #FreedomToBreathe #mnleg08 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldxofuduc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zeroburncoalition.bsky.social/post/3ml2mnfsi422m🧵 Two retired employees of a pro-incinerator agency and a Star Tribune columnist wrote op-eds defending the HERC trash burner. One called for expansion. Commissioners — is this why your compliance officer told Xcel Energy there were no plans to close it? #FreedomToBreathe #mnleg (1/10)04 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:3wramuwk7ns6bftbp35rn54v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2mnfsi422m