BY LARA NORKUS-CRAMPTON According to the Energy Justice Network’s (EJN) analysis of the most recent 2011 National Emissions Inventory (NEI) data self-reported to the EPA by the garbage incinerator industry, HERC is: #1 in arsenic emissions (31% of the emissions from 65 incinerators reporting) #2 in chromium VI emissions (19%…
BY KRISTINA GRONQUIST AND DAVE BICKING One year ago Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo. The police shooting of the unarmed teen rightly sparked national outcry. Roughly two years ago, the Minneapolis police killed two men of color within one hour: Terrance Franklin and Ivan Ramirez. It was Friday,…
BY ED FELIEN Barcelona. In January, the president of Catalonia, Artur Mas, called for new parliamentary elections to be held in Catalonia on Sept.27. Mas has called for Catalan independence since 2012, and he has declared that this new parliamentary election will be a plebiscite on Catalan independence. If his…
BY DEAN AMUNDSON, MSP FAIRSKIES ORGANIZER About 100 Minneapolis and Edina residents showed up at the Metropolitan Airport Commission (MAC) general offices on Thursday evening, Aug. 27. The MAC was unveiling its huge expansion plan that will accommodate an estimated 54 million passengers by 2035 (their numbers). That number will…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Mike Kmiecik (pronounced ki-mick) is the proprietor of Bikes and Pieces, currently operating in the storefront right by the corner of 48th and Chicago. He is also the visible and active leader of SCABA, the South Chicago Avenue Business Alliance. SCABA was launched over 30 years…
