MSR: Clinicians, Scientists Call for Closure of Hennepin Energy Recovery Center by 2027
by Clint Combs VIA MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER
April 21, 2026
Scientists, clinicians and Zero Burn Coalition members made the case at the Minneapolis American Indian Center that HERC’s 30-year-old permit is dangerously outdated and the community cannot wait until 2040 for closure.
Clinicians, scientists and members of the Zero Burn Coalition argued that the garbage burner known as the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center should close by December 2027 at a panel at the Minneapolis American Indian Center on April 16. Four people have been on hunger strike to force the Hennepin County commissioners to take a vote on closing the HERC.