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UPDATES:

• New reports
  • “Greenwashing the Skies: How the Private Jet Lobby Uses ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ as a Marketing Ploy” - 5/14/24 
     
  • 2022 Hanscom Field ESPR (Environmental Status & Planning Report) - 5/15/24

• New levers & resources to help strengthen your public comment –
  deadline June 14th – Keep them coming! Numbers matter for making an impact!

• Talking Points & Omissions for your comment
• One-stop DEIR web page for easier navigation
• Sneak preview of submitted Public Comments for inspiration

ACTIONS:

• Submit a Public Comment on the developers’ DEIR – before June 14!
  (by June 7^th, if you want it read, not just counted)
• Sign & Share this new petition to stop private jet expansion - from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Please donate! Your support is needed!

UPDATES

New reports to help strengthen your public comments! --

1) Greenwashing the Skies: How the Private Jet Lobby Uses ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ as a Marketing Ploy
Institute of Policy Studies, 5/14/24:

• Guardian article about the report: ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds, 5/14/24
• Summary report

2) 2022 Hanscom Field ESPR (Environmental Status & Planning Report) - 5/15/24

We demanded this report in our DEIR comments – and we got it. This is Massport’s long overdue 2022 Environmental Status & Planning Report which includes an inventory of Hanscom Civil Airport facilities and operations in 2022, and a forecast for future. The previous edition available to the public was the 2017 ESPR. 

ACTIONS

1) Submit your Public Comment soon on the developers’ DEIR (Draft Environmental Impact Report) Comment deadline is June 14th... but --

To ensure that your Comment is read and not just counted, plan on submitting it by June 7^th – only two weeks away!

If you’ve already submitted a Comment, congratulations & thank you!

If you haven’t yet, it’s critical that you do – so please take advantage of the new levers we’re providing for you!

To get started, go to our DEIR Comment Toolkit. 

For inspiration, see a selection of Comments already submitted by town/city officials, organizations and citizens.

Numbers matter! Keep them coming!  

2) Please sign & share widely the National Trust's new petition to stop the proposed private jet expansion

On May 1^st, the National Trust for Historic Preservation designated Minute Man National Park, Walden and Nearby Landmarks as one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Places – due to the threat of private jet expansion at nearby Hanscom Field Airport.

The National Trust’s designation has raised the proposed private jet expansion at Hanscom to the level of a national issue, something that our Congressional leaders will now need to address, as well as Governor Healey.
Our signatures on the National Trust’s petition will help get their attention.
So, please sign & share!

Meanwhile, SPJE's petition to the Governor continues to grow every day - last month alone we had over 1,000 new signatures bringing the total to over 15,500!! Now we're aiming for 20,000!

Note: It’s okay to sign both our SPJE petition and the National Trust’s petition.

3) Please donate! Your support is needed!

What your donations are needed for:

• Recently released independent analysis refuting developers’ claims about ferry flights and GHG emissions
• Fresh supply of lawn signs, trifolds, and other materials to help you spread the word about this campaign
• Staff to help coordinate all the moving parts and keep us connected.

Please take a moment to support our collective efforts in this David vs Goliath fight with your donation! Thank you!

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