It's our time, Minneapolis. This is more than a march. This is history in the making. If you're someone who cares about environmental justice, this is the fight to be in right now. Meet at Target Field Station. Parking ramps nearby or park and ride the Green Line. Dress warmly. #FreedomToBreathe

RELEASE: As Hunger Strikers Mark One Week in Fight to Shutter HERC Trash Burner, County Commissioners Remain Silent and On Defense • READ: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CSR... #FreedomToBreathe

"Commissioner Conley: stop avoiding your constituents. Stop repeating pro-incinerator talking points. Follow zero waste experts and public health science." - Professor Leslie Myint #FreedomToBreathe

Don’t let Hennepin County fool you - burning trash and landfilling are NOT our only options. (And never trust a man who runs away in his little Audi)

Three people are on hunger strike because Henn Co won't listen and actively misleads the public about the trash burner poisoning our community. Commissioner Anderson accused us of being tied to landfill companies — with zero evidence — then ran away. He proved the point. #FreedomToBreathe

37 years of toxic air. ❌ No vote. ❌ No date. ❌ No plan. Audua Pugh said it best: Three people are on hunger strike until that changes. Read the story at Inside Climate News #FreedomToBreathe

People's Office Hours. Every weekday. Noon. in the Hennepin County Government Center lobby/atrium. Natasha and other hunger strikers are holding the space for transparency and authentic discussion that commissioners refuse to have. #FreedomToBreathe

Henn Co. Comrs. claim the MPLS trash burner will close automatically by 2040. Its own compliance officer in a private email: "no plans to terminate operation" of HERC. The county declined to comment when asked by @insideclimatenews.org (1/2) insideclimatenews.org/news/1004202... #FreedomToBreathe

Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator ->Inside Climate News | More on "Minneapolis incinerator hunger strike protest" at BigEarthData.ai | #protest #ice fascism #minneapolis #hunger strike

On the first day of the #FreedomToBreathe hunger strike, strikers and community members rallied at Government Plaza, followed immediately by delivery of a formal letter to Hennepin County commissioners with our demands: (1/5)

The hunger strike is on! We're going live on FB soon to deliver our demands directly to the county. We demand the county call the vote to set a closure date of Dec. 31, 2027. And we demand a community-led taskforce so the people closest to the harm have a say in our future. #FreedomToBreathe

The MN Pollution Control Agency, who feeds the county their pro-incinerator talking points, all but admitted this week that they don't consider public health in their determination that incinerators are a preferred method. They really don't care.

Tomorrow it begins. Community members put their bodies on the line just by living here. Now they're going on hunger strike because the Hennepin County Board still hasn't called a vote. Join us at Hennepin Co. Government Plaza tomorrow at 9:30: bit.ly/48pkkUv ⬅️ #FreedomToBreathe

2 days until the hunger strike begins Friday, April 10. The county had the data. They left it out. The Board can vote to decommission the HERC trash burner. Demand they do: bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe #CloseHERC

The HERC trash burner must shut down | On April 10, members of the Zero Burn Coalition are putting their bodies on the line on behalf of everyone whose health has suffered from the incineration of Hen. Co's wast. #mnleg #FreedomToBreathe

It's not accidental. Nearly 79% of trash incinerators in this country are located in communities of color. North Minneapolis. Communities like ours. (1/5)

Minneapolis action! Close the HERC. End this toxic pollution in North Minneapolis.

3 days until the hunger strike begins. The rules that keep the HERC trash burner running were never based on science. EPA staff admitted it directly. Demand the Board act: bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe

1/ Today at the MN Capitol, experts told legislators what Hennepin County won't say out loud. Read on... #mnleg #FreedomToBreathe

4 days until the hunger strike begins. The HERC trash burner's permit was written in 1989 using technology that is now understood as outdated. Under the EPA's own 2024 standards, the HERC would fail. Demand the Board call a vote to close it: bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe #CloseHERC

2024 McKnight Fellow and Environmental (In)justice Storytelling Contest winner Stephani Maari Booker performed "In the Shadow of the Smokestacks" in solidarity with the Freedom to Breathe hunger strike. Demand the Board act: bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe youtube.com/shorts/FRjrG...

5 days until the hunger strike begins. HERC blocks progress. When they couldn't expand HERC in 2014, the county turned to composting overnight. The alternative has always been there. Take action: bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe

"This awakens the consciousness of our city" Pastor Charvez Russell of Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church stands with hunger strikers demanding clean air for all. Hennepin County: call the vote to close the HERC trash burner by Dec. 31, 2027. Delay = Harm. #FreedomToBreathe #minneapolis

6 days until the hunger strike begins. Burning trash: 28x more dioxin than coal. 14x more mercury. 6x more lead. In a dense residential neighborhood since 1989. Tell your county commissioner: meet the demands ➡️ bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe

🚨 1 WEEK! HERC Loses millions every year. It has nearly $40 million in debt. And the only way it pencils out is if the trash never stops coming. The Board can vote to decommission the HERC trash burner and move to more economical methods that do not poison our neighbors. #FreedomToBreathe

HAPPENNG NOW: us02web.zoom.us/j/84940196368

9 DAYS: 200 trucks. Every weekday. Nearly 100 more every weekend. That's the neighborhood. That's the air. The Board can vote to decommission the HERC trash burner. Demand they do: bit.ly/dontburntrash #FreedomToBreathe

10 Days until 4 community members go on hunger strike after years of lies and being ignored. Sign the petition: bit.ly/dontburntrash #FreedomToBreathe #Minneapolis

A trash burner has operated in a BIPOC working-class #mpls neighborhood for 37 yrs. After years of being ignored and misled, four community members are going on hunger strike on 4/10 to demand Henn Co end the delay. Delay=Harm. Story from MN Spokesman-Recorder: spokesman-recorder.com/2026/03/26/h...

We're at #NoKingsMN because what's happening to the EPA is happening in #mpls. A captured EPA. A complicit county. A 37-year-old trash burner poisoning a BIPOC working class community. NO KINGS. NO TRASH BURNERS. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE. SIGN: bit.ly/dontburntrash #FreedomToBreathe #NoKings

Today. Government Plaza. 12:30 PM. For years, our coalition did everything right. We met with every County Commissioner. We packed board meetings. We testified. We brought the science, the health data, the financial records.... (1/4)

Tuesday. Government Plaza. Noon. The County has a plan to close the trash burner making our neighbors sick — and refuses to act. Community members are putting their bodies on the line. Show up with them: bit.ly/4dgnXiQ #FreedomToBreathe #mpls

Today is Global Recycling Day. And every day, Hennepin County burns 365,000 tons of trash — including materials that could be recycled. Trash burners don't complement recycling. They cannibalize it. As long as the HERC exists, the county has a financial incentive to keep feeding the furnace...

We're the Zero Burn Coalition, fighting to close the county-run trash burner poisoning lungs in North Minneapolis. We're proud to cosponsor the No Kings March on March 28th — because what's happening to the EPA is happening to our community. (1/3) #mpls #FreedomToBreathe

The county is lucky Biden's EPA rules didn't go into effect — the HERC trash burner would have been out of compliance on hydrochloric acid and nitrogen dioxide. Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone not delaying the shutdown of this toxic burner. #FreedomToBreathe #mpls #stpatricksday #environment

🧵 Hunter is a former #mnleg Rep, cancer survivor, and 3rd-year med student. His clinic sits just miles from HERC— where children are sent to the ER for asthma at the highest rate in Minnesota. Surrounding wealthier neighborhoods send their trash here and bear none of the burden. (1/2)...

The HERC trash burner was never meant to last this long. It's he kind we've been shutting down when it comes to coal plants. To make the same amount of energy as a coal plant, a trash incinerator releases 28 times as much dioxin, 6-14 times as much mercury, and nearly six times as much lead. #mpls

Hennepin County is burning millions of taxpayer dollars to keep a trash incinerator running that was supposed to close in 2009. The HERC is now losing millions each year, and in 2024 was strapped with $37 million in debt — all while releasing lead, mercury, and dioxins...(1/3)

When you burn trash, it doesn’t disappear. It turns into toxic ash — and that ash still goes to an industrial landfill located a short walk from the Mississippi river in Rosemount. (1/3) #FreedomToBreathe #Minneapolis #mpls #environmentaljustice

Grateful to Rev. Alfred Babington-Johnson for inviting the Zero Burn Coalition to join this important gathering of faith leaders at Shiloh Temple International Ministries. where we shared info about the ongoing harm caused by Henn. Co's garbage burner in North Minneapolis. 🧵 (1/3)...

As this sacred month begins, we send love and solidarity to everyone observing across #Minneapolis and beyond. Ramadan is a time of discipline, reflection, and deep care for community — values that also ground the fight for environmental justice. (1/3)

Rev. Jesse Jackson taught us that environmental justice is civil rights in our time. For decades, toxins from the HERC have filled the lungs of Northsiders and surrounding communities. 🧵(1/3) #minneapolis #ShutDownHerc

Now is the moment to make sure everyone in #MPLS has the #FreedomToBreathe. For 36 years, community has spoken out as the HERC incinerator, run by Hennepin County, has burned thousands of tons of trash in the heart of our city — concentrating pollution in low-income and BIPOC neighborhoods....(1/2)

For too many families in MPLS, it’s not love in the air — it’s toxic air. Every day the HERC trash incinerator operates, toxic emissions fill tour lungs. It’s time to end trash incineration and build a zero-waste future where everyone has the #FreedomToBreathe

Here’s what we’ve recently heard from the Hennepin County board: - They do not support our hunger strike. - They do not support the immediate shutdown of the HERC. Let’s be clear: this is an admission that they are ignoring us....(1/3) #ShutDownHERC #FreedomToBreathe

We’re Minnesotans. We care for each other and believe all Minnesotans deserve the freedom to breathe — no matter what they look like or where they call home. (1/5) #ICEOUT #ShutDownHerc #mpls

Community members from the Zero Burn Coalition testified today at the Hennepin County Board about the ongoing harm caused by the HERC trash incinerator. Despite years of promises to close HERC, the County has still not set a closure date.

🧵We have notes. Our communities do deserve stability, safety, and humane treatment — and that includes the freedom to breathe clean air.

If you’re attending a DFL caucus, learn more about the HERC trash burner, print the caucus resolution, and bring it with you. Set a date. Shut it down. Learn more about HERC: hercshutdown.org Print out the caucus resolution to bring with you: static1.squarespace.com/static/66ba8...

🧵 Neighbors come together at caucuses to demand change from the institutions that shape our lives. It’s a moment to show up collectively and make our expectations clear.