March 6, 2024 Webinar
On March 6th, 2024 the Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion and the greater public came together to learn more about the latest updates to the expansion plans at Hanscom Field and our campaign to stop it.
By the numbers:
628 webinar registrants from over 70 localities in MA – and 14 other states!
Massachusetts localities included: Acton, Amesbury, Amherst, Arlington, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Billerica, Boston, Boxford, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Cohasset, Concord, Dedham, Dorchester, Dudley, Easthampton, Florence, Framingham, Gloucester, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Groton, Harvard, Holden, Holyoke, Ipswich, Jamaica Plan, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Lunenburg, Malden, Mansfield Center, Maynard, Millers Falls, Natick, New Bedford, Newton, Northborough, Northampton, Pepperell, Pittsfield, Reading, Rowley, Roxbury, Rutland, Salem, Scituate, Sharon, Somerville, Stow, Sudbury, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Wendell, Westford, Westwood, West Roxbury, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester
Additional states included:
Special remarks by Naomi Oreskes on the proposed private jet hangar expansion at Hanscom and its climate implications.
Naomi Oreskes is co-author of Merchants of Doubt and a world-renowned public speaker on science, climate change, and corporate efforts to undermine climate action. She is Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University.
Topics Covered
The private jet hangar expansion plans – what the developers are saying now
Climate impacts of the proposed expansion & why it’s a statewide issue
Next steps in MEPA state environmental review - and your public comments!
What you can do to help stop this reckless private jet expansion