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Recent Highlights
By Chuck Collins, The Nation, 3/26/25
A struggle that pits regional environmental activists against an airport expansion for private jets has national—and even global—implications.
Features SPJE Coalition efforts! Click here for full article.
April 1st State House Event - Read all about it here!
State House News - Airfield Expansion Opponents Urge Healey to Halt Project
WGBH - Emerson and Thoreau's descendants urge for grounding of Hanscom airport
Boston.com - Private jet owners want 6,000 new flights over Lexington and Concord. History buffs say no way.
“Most men, it seems to me, do not care for Nature and would sell their share in all her beauty, as long as they may live, for a stated sum... Thank God, men cannot as yet fly, and lay waste to the sky as well as the earth... It is for the very reason that some do not care for those things that we need to combine to protect all from the vandalism of a few.” - Henry David Thoreau – January 3rd, 1861
Sponsored by: Save Our Heritage, The Walden Woods Project, the National Parks Conservation Association, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation
SPJE Faith Resolution Campaign - Read more here!
On Tuesday, March 25th, nearly 60 faith community members from across Massachusetts came together in a powerful webinar to address the environmental injustice of private jet expansion, uniting voices from various religious traditions to challenge climate-damaging practices. The event, co-sponsored by UU Mass Action and the Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion, highlighted the crucial role of faith communities in taking decisive action against egregious private jet expansion at Hanscom or anywhere. Read more details about the event here.
Access the recording here, Access the slides here.
Click here to check out our Faith Resolution Campaign webpage featuring Faith Communities who have already adopted a Resolution to send to the Governor!
Guest Column: First Parish Urging Gov. Healey to end private jet expansion plans – Bedford Citizen, 3/19/25
Stay poised for Hanscom Developers’ SDEIR report -
likely to be filed early summer
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 still expected to be filed early summer and Massport is scheduling public presentations for May. Visit this home page frequently to stay up to date.
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Upcoming Events
Tues, 5/6: SPJE’s 2nd Anniversary!
Tues, 5/6 noon: Chuck Collins to join as guest on GBH’s Jim & Margery Show
Fri, 5/9 noon: Standout at live taping of Jim & Margery Show – Ask the Governor
rescheduled from Fri, 4/25
Sat, 5/10, 1pm: SPJE hosting Support party for XR Hanscom defendants in Concord
Wed, 5/14, 8:30am: Quiet Vigil for Hanscom protesters’ Trial, Middlesex Courthouse, Concord
Wed, 5/14, 9:30am: Hanscom developers’ presentation at MCAC meeting, Zoom
Tues, 5/20, 7pm: Hanscom developers’ presentation at HFAC meeting, Zoom
