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Dear Friend,

We want to extend our deepest thanks for all your efforts to help achieve the recent DEIR outcome -- a significant win for this round! But the fight continues and we need your help to continue this exciting momentum!

Enclosed:

• Quick & Important Action before July 10^th – Contact your State Representatives to ask them to support provisions in the Senate Climate Bill to ensure that Massport’s actions will align with Massachusetts climate goals and laws.

• Sign up for the July 9^th Sierra Club Mass / SPJE Municipal Resolution training program - find out how to bring this issue to your town or city.

• See Boston Globe’s story on the DEIR decision: “Move to expand Hanscom takes blow; State rejects environmental impact review”

1)  Quick & Important Action before July 10^th

On June 25th, MA Senate approved S2829 the important Omnibus Climate Bill that many of you have been working on. Sections 82 and 83 in the bill specifically refer to Massport and provide crucial provisions relating to the Massport 1956 Enabling Act (their charter). These provisions would update and bring the Massport charter into alignment with state climate goals and policies and require Massport activities to reflect these priorities. Without these provisions, Massport will continue to operate on the outdated and dangerous belief that aviation can grow endlessly at all costs.

On the House side, at present there is not yet a climate bill.  When one materializes, if Chair Roy and House Ways & Means wish it, the Massport language could once again be an intrinsic part of the climate bill.  Alternatively, a representative could offer it from the floor as an amendment to the bill, but to optimize the effectiveness of this action, the Leadership’s prior support would need to be assured. Rumor has it that the House Ways and Means Committee may release a House climate bill next Tuesday, July 10^th. 

The more state representatives that hear from us before then, the more likely that the Massport language will be retained!

ACTION: Before July 10^th, please call or email your State Representative

– wherever you live in Mass. -- and urge them to do all they can to ensure that the Massport provisions are retained in the climate bill (in the Senate bill, these provisions are in Sections 82 & 83). 

Tell them that you are calling/emailing about the Climate Bill, and that you urge your representative to ensure that Sections 82 & 83 in S2829, which pertain to Massport, be retained in the House version because these provisions would bring the Massport 1956 Enabling Act into alignment with current state climate goals and policies. Emphasize that in the absence of these provisions, Massport will continue to operate on the outdated and dangerous belief that aviation can grow endlessly regardless of MA climate goals.

Find your state representative’s contact info here and call or email today!

2) Sign up for the July 9^th Municipal Resolution training program hosted by Sierra Club Mass. and SPJE

Are you interested in organizing more public pressure against private jet expansion in MA? Join Sierra Club MA and Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere campaign organizers to learn about their municipal resolutions campaign. Municipal Resolutions are powerful tools to show that leaders across the state care about an issue, in this case, a proposed development. In this training, we will hear from advocates who have helped pass municipal resolutions in their towns and cities so far and learn how we can kick start the process in our own communities.

Read more about our municipal resolution campaign and see our past successes here!

3) Boston Globe’s story on Secretary Tepper’s DEIR decision: “Move to expand Hanscom takes blow; State rejects environmental impact review”, 6/25/24

Many thanks to all for helping to achieve this outcome!

See also Mothers Out Front - Bedford’s powerful statement to the Massport Board at their most recent meeting on June 27^th.

Thank you for your continued support! Together we can stop this egregious development.

Onward and Upward!
The SPJE Team

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