12/19/24 Action Alert

Partner Alert: Save the Date! Jan 8th Webinar: Hope or Hype? - Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Dear Friend of SPJE Coalition,
 
Please help us publicize the enclosed Jan 8th Webinar on Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Can They Meet 2050 Climate Goals?, intended for policymakers & the public, by sharing it with your members, networks, legislators, and including it in your newsletters – preferably before the holidays, if at all possible. Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated!
 
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The Webinar may provide new arguments that we can apply to future public comments on the Hanscom developers’ SDEIR (Supplementary Draft Environmental Impact Report), once it’s filed (no news there, yet – but we’ll keep you posted). 
 
Many thanks to our partners Sierra Club Mass, MCAN, Mass Power Forward, Institute for Policy Studies, and Center for Biological Diversity for co-sponsoring this event!
 
In gratitude and solidarity, Kati
 

SAVE THE DATE! - please share widely and Register Here!

Wed, January 8th, 7- 8 pm EST

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS:

CAN THEY MEET 2050 CLIMATE GOALS?

Webinar for Policymakers & the Public

Much of the research and policy discussion about the future of “sustainable aviation fuels” has been funded by the aviation industry. This webinar features independent researchers who receive no aviation industry support.

 

Panelists:

  • Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute, US
  • Chuck Collins, Director of Program on Inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, DC
  • Neil Rasmussen, Member of MIT governing board, serves on energy and climate committees

 

Sponsored by:

Institute for Policy Studies, Program on Inequality; Sierra Club Mass; Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere; Mass Power Forward; Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN); Center for Biological Diversity

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As Massachusetts prepares to roll out new clean energy-saving systems following the recent passage of a major comprehensive Climate Bill, another roll-out is happening at the federal level: The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge launched by the Biden-Harris administration in September, 2021.  Its purpose is to spur research, production and distribution of SAFs “to put the aviation sector on a pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050.”

 

Whether the Grand Challenge will achieve necessary results by 2050 -- the year by which all sectors must attain net zero to prevent the worst outcomes of the climate crisis -- is up in the air. The January 8th webinar will explore the possibilities and limitations of SAFs, why the aviation industry and government agencies are supporting it, in addition to raising questions that should be considered.
 

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