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June 2, 2026
“Sustainable” Aviation Fuels (SAFs) Tax Credits approved - a blow to real climate solutions
On June 2nd the Conference Committee on the FY2026 Supplemental Budget Bill passed a provision for “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credits up to $10 million per year [H.5470]– a PR win for Massport and the aviation industry that will do little to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint.
Click here for more information about the SAF Tax Credit vote
May 27, 2026
In the news — Updates about the proposed Hanscom private jet expansion
CommonWealth Beacon: Controversial private jet expansion proposal at Hanscom faces setbacks as developers look to move project ahead, 5/27/26; Republished in Lexington Observer on 5/28/26 & posted on Newsbreak.com
Concord Bridge: Delayed environmental filing looms over Hanscom expansion, 5/27/26
These stories are partly based on information gleaned from a joint public records request for Massport emails between summer 2024 and early 2026 by CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jordan Wolman and Concord Bridge reporter Dakota Antelman. The resulting stories reveal a number of insights and updates, among them: the June filing date for the Supplementary Draft Environmental Impact Report (SDEIR) “will most likely shift” according to the developers, and they don’t have “an updated target date for the filing yet.” This is about the 4th delay in the SDEIR filing date over two years.
Check back here frequently so you know when it’s time to submit a public comment!
May 25, 2026
Sunrise Club at Concord-Carlisle High School passes Youth Resolution opposing private jet expansion!
On May 25th, the Sunrise Club at Concord-Carlisle High School passed a Youth Resolution and sent it to Governor Healey! A big thanks to the Concord-Carlisle students who’ve taken this important action to protect our climate future by opposing the massive proposed luxury private jet hangar expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere. They are the second youth group to send such a resolution to the Governor; the first was the Brandeis Students for Environmental Action (SEA).
To see both Youth Resolutions and learn how other groups can pass one, please visit spje.org/youth
New Study on Aviation Industry’s “Sustainable” Playbook by Stefan Gossling et al, Jan 2026
Beyond the Rhetoric of "Sustainable Aviation": A Counterfactual Confrontation
Introduces the term 'future soothing' – the act of projecting technological salvation into a perpetually deferred future to ease public concern and postpone regulation. The study identifies 7 chimeric narratives employed by the industry to convince policymakers and the public that limitless aviation growth and sustainability are one and the same. Click here for the study pdf.
Previous Study on private jets by Stefan Gossling:
Private aviation is making a growing contribution to climate change∙ Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 11/7/24
News stories about the study:
Falcons users emit 500 times more CO2 per year into the atmosphere than the average citizen ∙ El Mundo ∙ Ricardo F. Colmenero
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions ∙ The Guardian ∙ Damian Carrington
Private jet carbon emissions soar 46%: Study ∙ Phys.org
Emissions from private jets are skyrocketing. Monitoring them is about to get much harder ∙ LA Times ∙ Noah Haggerty
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In June 2024, EEA Secretary Tepper rejected the Hanscom developers’ DEIR (Draft Environmental Impact Report) after receiving over 1,500 public comments, 13,500 petition signatures, and an important independent analysis that refuted the developers’ claims. Tepper instructed the developers to go back to the drawing board to produce an SDEIR (Supplementary DEIR). The SDEIR has not yet been filed, but is now expected in June 2026.
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