Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator

Minneapolis activists are escalating a decades-long fight by going on a hunger strike to demand that local officials shut down a polluting trash incinerator.  Residents have long opposed the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, which burns waste to generate energy, for adding to toxic air pollution in a predominantly Black community with high rates of asthma. … Continue reading Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator