Minneapolis officials allegedly spied on activists fighting a polluting incinerator, sharing gathered intelligence with the industry to undermine environmental justice efforts in low-income neighborhoods.
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Local officials tried to grow close to activist groups and collected information that was then shared with industryNewly released emails show local government officials in Minneapolis have quietly surveilled environmental justice activists who are working to close a controversial waste incinerator that is emitting pollution into low-income neighborhoods around it, activist groups allege.County officials sent an employee who is also an environmental justice activist to collect intelligence, among other tactics, emails show. The information was then used to help successfully kill state-level environmental legislation opposed by the incinerator’s leadership, and try to stay one step ahead of activist campaigns and protests. In another instance, a county employee presenting himself as an ally allegedly tried to obtain the identity of a whistleblower, a recording shows. Continue reading...
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