News Stories About Hanscom & Private Jets

Studies About Private Jets and their Impacts

News Stories

• ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds ∙ The Guardian ∙ Oliver Milman ∙ 5/14/2024

• New Englanders are fighting against new infrastructure for carbon-intensive billionaire travel. If they win, the significance could be global ∙ Fortune ∙ Chuck Collins ∙ 11/14/2023

• Fifth-Grader Takes on the Powerful Climate-Polluting Private Jet Set ∙ Inequality ∙ Kalea Foo ∙ 10/17/2023

• Hanscom expansion faces more opposition ∙ 10/16/2023 ∙ Anne O’Connor

• Climate Activists warn Hanscom Airfield expansion will worsen private jet emissions ∙ GBH News ∙ 10/4/2023

• New England Climate Activists Press for No New Private Jet Infrastructure ∙ Common Dreams ∙ 10/4/2023 ∙ Chuck Collins

• Billionaires are responsible for large amounts of climate pollution from Hanscom, a new report finds ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ David Abel

  • The Globe highlighted our State House Rally as one of the TEN MOST POPULAR STORIES on 10/3/2023!

• Advocates press Healey to scrap Hanscom expansion ∙ CommonWealth Magazine ∙ State House News Service ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ Sam Drysdale; Republished in CommonWealth Magazine, NBC Boston, WBZ

• Tracking New England’s top private jet travelers ∙ Axios Boston ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ Mike Deehan

• Protesters say private jet expansion at Hanscom Field would harm the planet for the benefit of billionaires ∙ Lexington Observer ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ Lauren Feeney

• Advocates ask Healey to prevent planned private jet hangars at Hanscom Field ∙ Boston Herald ∙ 10/2/2023 ∙ Matthew Medsger

• Coalition to stop private jet expansion comes to Beacon Hill ∙ WGBH ∙ 10/2/2023 ∙ Bob Seay

• Nearly half of private flights from Hanscom last less than an hour, study shows ∙ WBUR ∙ 10/2/2023 ∙ Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

• Massport’s plan to expand private jet space at Hanscom is a climate debacle ∙ The Boston Globe ∙ 9/29/2023 ∙ Scot Lehigh

• Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury ∙ Associated Press ∙ 8/28/2023 ∙ David Brunat

• The richest Americans account for 40 percent of U.S. climate emissions ∙ Washington Post ∙ 8/17/2023 ∙ Kasha Patel

• Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them ∙ The Guardian ∙ 8/10/2023 ∙ Ed Markey

• New York Activists Descend on the Hamptons to Protest the Super Rich Fueling the Climate Crisis ∙ Inside Climate News ∙ 8/5/2023 ∙ Keerti Gopal

• Massport Executive Director Lisa Wieland to step down for job at National Grid ∙ Boston Herald ∙ 8/3/2023 ∙ Chuck Collins

• Why Not Tax Private Jets Out of Existence? ∙ Inside Climate News ∙ 7/31/2023 ∙ Chuck Collins

• Disney heiress arrested protesting private plane greenhouse gas emissions in Hamptons ∙ New York Post ∙ 7/15/2023 ∙ Patrick Reilly

• Private Jet Travel Is Booming. And Shameful. And We’re All Paying for It ∙ The New York Times ∙ 7/24/2023 ∙ Farhad Manjoo

• I used to ride private planes. Now I’d rather get arrested protesting them ∙ The Guardian ∙ 7/20/2023 ∙ Abigail Disney

• They pollute. You pay (literally) ∙ Heated World ∙ 7/20/2023 ∙ Emily Atkin & Arielle Samuelson

• 'Time to Ground These Fat Cats': Markey Proposes Tax Hike on Private Jet Travel ∙ Common Dreams ∙ 7/19/2023 ∙ Jake Johnson

• Massport CEO could be on the move ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 7/12/2023 ∙ Jon Chesto

• How Bad Are Private Jets For The Environment? ∙ Simple Flying ∙ 7/5/2023 ∙ Channing Reid

• To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower? ∙ New Yorker ∙ 7/5/2023 ∙ Bill McKibben

• The so-called forever chemicals have been found in high levels in some Massachusetts communities, leading to new proposed safety laws. ∙ Patch ∙ 6/9/2023 ∙ Neal McNamara

• Create a Congressional Climate Tribunal to investigate corporate deniers ∙ The Hill ∙ 6/6/2023 ∙ Chuck Collins

• Private jets are a climate disaster. Hanscom shouldn’t allow more ∙ WBUR Cognoscenti ∙ 6/5/2023 ∙ Sabine Von Mering

• This Dubai hotel is offering $14,000-an-hour parties in sky ∙ Bloomberg ∙ 6/1/2023 ∙ Lisa Fleisher

• In a climate crisis, public impact of private jets is too great ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 5/28/2023 ∙ Various Authors

• Hanscom Hangar Expansion Flies Into Opposition ∙ Aviation International News ∙ 5/24/2023 ∙ Gordon Gilbert

• France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions ∙ BBC News ∙ 5/23/2023

• Plan to expand hangar space for private jets at Hanscom sparks concerns about a surge in climate pollution ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 5/20/2023 ∙ David Abel

• Private Jets Are Dirty Luxuries for the Ultra Rich. Let’s Tax Them. ∙ In These Times ∙ 5/9/2023 ∙ Kalena Thomhave & Omar Ocampo

• Collins: 'Private jet travel by billionaires and the ultra-wealthy imposes a tremendous cost on the rest of us' ∙ Federal Newswire Report ∙ 5/6/2023

• They pollute. You pay (literally). ∙ Heated∙ 5/2/2023 ∙ Emily Atkin & Arielle Samuelson

• Here's How the 'Jet-Owning Oligarchy' Harms Both Planet and Workers ∙ Common Dreams ∙ 5/1/2023 ∙ Kenny Stancil

• Private jet sales likely to reach highest ever level this year, report says ∙ The Guardian ∙ 5/1/2023 ∙ Fiona Harvey

• A Massachusetts Town Leads a Way Out of the Housing Crisis ∙ New Yorker ∙ 4/19/2023 ∙ Bill McKibben

• Private Planes and Luxury Yachts Aren’t Just Toys for the Ultrawealthy. They’re Also Huge Tax Breaks ∙ ProPublica ∙ 4/5/2023 ∙ Paul Kiel

• The Superyachts of Billionaires Are Starting to Look a Lot Like Theft ∙ New York Times ∙ 4/10/2023 ∙ Joe Fassler

• Amsterdam Schiphol Airport proposes a ban on private jets ∙ CNN ∙ 4/4/2023 ∙ Francesca Street

• Green flights not in easy reach, warn scientists ∙ BBC News ∙ 2/28/2023 ∙ Georgina Rannard

• Meet the Teenage Private Jet Detective ∙ New York Times ∙ 2/14/2023 ∙ Manuela Andreoni

• Flying shame: the scandalous rise of private jets ∙ The Guardian ∙ 1/26/2023 ∙ Emine Saner

• Private jet emissions quadrupled during 2022 World Economic Forum ∙ Greenpeace ∙ 1/13/2023 ∙ Greenpeace European Unit

• Time to tax polluting private jets ∙ Campagin for Better Transport ∙ 1/5/2023 ∙ Norman Baker

• Calls for Taxing Private Jets of the Superrich Are Getting Louder ∙ Treehugger ∙ 1/5/2023 ∙ Lloyd Alter

• Demand for Private Jets Rises, Despite Inflation and Higher Fuel Prices ∙ Robb Report ∙ 10/17/2022 ∙ Michael Verdon

• Celebrities use private jets excessively. It’s a climate nightmare. ∙ Washington Post ∙ 8/2/2022 ∙ Allyson Chiu

• Missing from COP26: Lifestyle choices of middle-class and rich consumers ∙ Brookings ∙ 11/23/2021 ∙ Homi Kharas

• Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero-emission aviation? ∙ Transport and Environment ∙ 5/27/2021

• Super-rich fuelling growing demand for private jets, report finds ∙ The Guardian ∙ 5/27/2021 ∙ Rupert Neate

• Corporate Jet Set: Leisure vs. Business ∙ Wall Street Journal ∙ 6/16/2011 ∙ Mark Maremont & Tom McGinty