SNV Special Interview: Zero Burn Coalition Says "SHUT IT DOWN!"

An episode of the Socialist News and Views podcast, hosted by Nicholas Shillingford, titled "SNV Special Interview: Zero Burn Coalition Says "SHUT IT DOWN!"" was published on July 31, 2025 and runs 21 minutes.

July 31, 2025 ·21m · Socialist News and Views

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Special Interview Recorded (7/29/2025) and Uploaded (7/31/2025)(NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi2jBWWtz8)In this special we speak with Leslie Myint (She/Her) an Associate Professor of Data Science and Statistics at Macalester College (https://www.macalester.edu/) and also a member of the Zero Burn Coalition (https://hercshutdown.org/). In this special we discuss The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (commonly referred to as the HERC) which is a waste-to-energy facility located in downtown Minneapolis that burns garbage to generate energy. The community has spent decades trying to close down the HERC and we may be closer than ever. The biggest group withint the Zero Burn Coalition is the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table which can be found here: https://www.mnejtable.org/anti-incinerator-campaignZero Burn Coalition demands Hennepin County take steps immediately to shut down HERC (Longfellow/Nokomis Messanger): https://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/stories/zero-burn-coalition-demands-hennepin-county-take-steps-immediately-to-shut-down-herc,117671

Episode Description

Special Interview Recorded (7/29/2025) and Uploaded (7/31/2025)

(NOTE - A video version of this interview is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi2jBWWtz8)

In this special we speak with Leslie Myint (She/Her) an Associate Professor of Data Science and Statistics at Macalester College (https://www.macalester.edu/) and also a member of the Zero Burn Coalition (https://hercshutdown.org/). In this special we discuss The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (commonly referred to as the HERC) which is a waste-to-energy facility located in downtown Minneapolis that burns garbage to generate energy. The community has spent decades trying to close down the HERC and we may be closer than ever.

The biggest group withint the Zero Burn Coalition is the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table which can be found here: https://www.mnejtable.org/anti-incinerator-campaign

Zero Burn Coalition demands Hennepin County take steps immediately to shut down HERC (Longfellow/Nokomis Messanger): https://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/stories/zero-burn-coalition-demands-hennepin-county-take-steps-immediately-to-shut-down-herc,117671