Tell Governor Healey:
Stop Private Jet Expansion—
a luxury our climate can’t afford
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Let’s expose Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) for what they are: Disastrous Flights of Fantasy that cannot justify private luxury jet expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere!
Urge our climate champions at the State House not to buy into the aviation industry’s greenwashed “solution.”
To be released on day of Rally - new SAF report from the Institute for Policy Studies.
Learn more and register here
Recent Highlights
Aug 11, 2025
The airline industry’s dirty secret: Clean jet fuel failures
by Joanna Plucinska, Joe Brock, Marleen Kaesebier and Paul Carsten, Reuters
Aug 10, 2025
If You Fly Economy, You’re Paying for Someone Else to Fly Private
A three-minute video by The Editorial Board of The New York Times
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) responded to the video with claims that don't withstand scrutiny. Read SPJE's detailed response to the NBAA's assertions here.
Jul 07, 2025
'Indefensible': Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners While Taking Healthcare From Millions by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
A provision of the budget law that President Donald Trump signed last week will leave taxpayers to "pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers."
July 1, 2025
The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Subsidize the Billionaire Private Jet Class by Chuck Collins , Inequality.org
June 27, 2025
Recent Study on Private Jet Emissions by International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
The report fills a critical gap in understanding aviation’s environmental impact by providing the first detailed global mapping of private jet air and climate pollution. The ICCT’s research team spatially allocated private jet activity and emissions to airports and countries.
Take Action
Sign Petition to Governor Healey
Help us reach 15,000 signatures!
Introduce a Faith or Municipal Resolution
Initiate a Municipal or Faith Resolution in your community, asking Gov. Healey to oppose private jet expansion. Toolkit available!
Ask your group to join the SPJE Coalition
See SPJE’s Current Members here, and contact us here
Ask SPJE to present to your group
View our Past Webinars & Events here
Stay poised for Hanscom Developers’ SDEIR report -
expected to be filed in September or October.
Last June, EEA Secretary Tepper rejected the Hanscom developers’ DEIR (Draft Environmental Impact Report) after receiving over 1,500 public comments, 13,500 petition signatures, and an important independent analysis that refuted the developers’ claims. Tepper instructed the developers to go back to the drawing board to produce an SDEIR (Supplementary DEIR). The SDEIR is expected to be filed in September or October. Massport is scheduling public presentations for May. Visit this home page frequently to stay up to date and we’ll keep you posted.
Upcoming Events
SPJE Events
Weekly on Tuesday at 8:30am in front of the Lexington Depot
Join members of SPJE in holding signs, talking to passersby, and calling attention to our campaign!
Tues. October 14th, 10am ET SPJE Rally at the State House, Let’s expose Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) for what they are: Disastrous Flights of Fantasy that cannot justify private luxury jet expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere! Urge our climate champions at the State House not to buy into the aviation industry’s greenwashed “solution.” To be released on the day of the Rally - new SAF report from the Institute for Policy Studies. Learn more and register here!
Partners & Friends’ Events
Thur. September 11th, 12-1pm ET: Mothers Out Front, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which established that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public safety and thus enabled them to be regulated by the EPA. The EPA is accepting public comments until September 15th, and we will gather together online to write and submit our comments. RSVP to join the one-hour action call
Mon, 9/15/25, 6 - 7pm, Sierra Club Webinar - The cost of climate chaos: financial threats, new approaches, and what we can do. Register here!
Sun. September 21st Third Act’s Sun Day international day of action celebrating solar and wind power, and the movement to leave fossil fuels behind. Find a local Sun Day event near you by clicking here.
Sat, September 27th 10am to Noon: Mothers Out Front tabling at the bike path by the Depot, 80 Loomis St. Bedford (rain date Sept 28, 2-4pm). Pass out handouts on why it’s important to stop private jet expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere, and ask people to sign a petition. Let us know you can help: info.ma.bedford@mothersoutfront.org
Tues. September 30th 6:30-7:45pm Air Quality Update Forum in Bedford - Join us at Bedford Town Hall or online as Dr. Neelakshi Hudda from Tufts University shares her latest study on Hanscom-related air quality impacts. Read more here.
Cosponsors: Bedford Board of Health, League of Women Voters of Bedford, Mothers Out Front Bedford Chapter, and Third Act of Bedford.
