News Stories about Hanscom & Private Jets
News Stories re the private jet expansion & our campaign to stop it
Highlights
Developers Greenwashing Private Jet Expansion ∙ Boston Herald ∙ Chuck Collins ∙ 5/4/2024
These Massachusetts landmarks made a new list of the ‘most endangered sites’ in the US ∙ Boston Globe ∙ Tanya Alanez ∙ 5/1/2024
Climate Change Activists Protest New Private Jet Expansion at Massachusetts Airport ∙ CBS News, WBZ ∙ 4/21/2024
Climate Activists Disrupt Private Flights at Hanscom Airfield, Protesting Proposed Expansion ∙ XR Boston ∙ 4/20/2024
Healey’s BPL Visit Draws Picket Over Massport Private-Jet Plan ∙ Fenway News ∙ Leslie Pond ∙ 4/2024
Commission Says Hangar Project Unworthy of Historic Tax Credits ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 4/2/2024
Mothers Out Front Opposed to the Proposed Private Jet Expansion Project ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Kay Aubrey ∙ 2/28/2024
Climate activists protest at office of Hanscom developer ∙ CommonWealth Magazine ∙ Bhaamati Borkhetaria ∙ 12/7/2023
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
Climate Activists warn Hanscom Airfield expansion will worsen private jet emissions ∙ GBH News ∙ 10/4/2023
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
Protesters say private jet expansion at Hanscom Field would harm the planet for the benefit of billionaires ∙ Lexington Observer ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ Lauren Feeney
Tracking New England’s top private jet travelers ∙ Axios Boston ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ Mike Deehan
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
Private jets are a climate disaster. Hanscom shouldn't allow more ∙ WBUR Cognoscenti ∙ 6/5/2023 ∙ Sabine Von Mering
Two Really Dumb Things We Might Be Able to Stop: Private jetports, fracked gas pipelines—the zombie projects of the fossil fuel era ∙ 5/25/2023 ∙ Bill McKibben
Plan to expand hangar space for private jets at Hanscom sparks concerns about surge in climate pollution ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 5/20/2023 ∙ David Abel
Other News Stories of Note
Steward does not provide all financial documents sought by Governor Healey ∙ Boston Globe ∙ Jason Laughlin and Jon Chesto ∙ 2/23/2024
A Super Bowl Note to Taylor Swift: Love the Music, Park the Private Jet ∙ Common Dreams ∙ Chuck Collins ∙ 2/9/2024
Greta Thunberg 'shuts down UK airport' demanding private jets be made ILLEGAL as she joins Extinction Rebellion protest ∙ GB News ∙ Dimitris Kouimtsidis ∙ 1/27/2023
Inequality and Climate Change ∙ Dollars and Sense ∙ Arthur MacEwan ∙ 1/24/24
‘A tiny drop in a fossil fuel ocean’: Climate campaigners slam first 100% green fuelled flight ∙ Euronews ∙ Lottie Limb ∙ 11/28/2023
How to stop private jet expansion at Hanscom (or anywhere) ∙ The Climate Minute ∙ Massachusetts Climate Action Network ∙ 11/8/2023
Should Hanscom accept more private jet traffic? A new report explains who is flying where. ∙ The Climate Minute ∙ Massachusetts Climate Action Network ∙ 11/1/2023
Private jets, public interest: Clash over bid to expand Hanscom space ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 10/7/2023 ∙ Various Authors
Lincolnites were out in force at State House on Oct 2 ∙ Boston Herald ∙ 10/5/2023 ∙ Trish O’Hagan and Alex Chatfield
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 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
The Barrett Report: Story on Hanscom & grassroots efforts ∙ 9/16/23 ∙ Senator Mike Barrett
Grassroots effort best chance at blocking Hanscom Field expansion for private jets, advocates say ∙ MassterList ∙ 9/20/2023 ∙ Erin Tiernan ∙ Note: MassterList is a newsletter from the Statehouse News Service that reports on events at the Statehouse.
He’s a millionaire with a private jet. But now he’s selling it for the sake of the environment ∙ CNN ∙ 7/13/2023 ∙ Jacopo Prisco
Major Media
Local News
Commission Says Hangar Project Unworthy of Historic Tax Credits ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 4/2/2024
Navy Reports on Continuing Efforts to Restore Contaminated Land ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 4/2/2024
Hangar Project Foes Say Fuel Deliveries Point to More Jet Flights ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 3/7/2024
Mothers Out Front Opposed to the Proposed Private Jet Expansion Project ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Kay Aubrey ∙ 2/28/2024
Letter to the Editor: Private Jet Flights Risk the Environment ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Kay Aubrey ∙ 12/8/2023
Developer Confirms Hangar Project Shrinkage; Opponents Unimpressed ∙ Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 11/28/2023
Aircraft Emissions Study Hinges on Supplemental Funding [says HFAC] ∙ Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 11/28/2023
Bedford Residents Encouraged after Rally Opposing Jet Expansion ∙ The Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 10/10/2023
Foes of Private Jets Resume Their Protest Thursday ∙ Bedford Citizen ∙ Mike Rosenberg ∙ 6/15/2023
Endangered Historic Places announcement warns against Hanscom expansion ∙ Concord Bridge ∙ Laurie O’Neill ∙ 5/1/24
Hanscom expansion faces more opposition ∙ Concord Bridge ∙ 10/16/2023 ∙ Anne O’Connor
Concord, Bedford, Lincoln and Lexington press governor to stop Hanscom expansion ∙ The Concord Bridge ∙ 8/29/2023 ∙ Celeste Katz Marston
Protesters say private jet expansion at Hanscom Field would harm the planet for the benefit of billionaires ∙ Lexington Observer ∙ 10/3/2023 ∙ Lauren Feeney
What you can do to help stop the private jet expansion at Hanscom Field ∙ Lexington Observer ∙ 6/15/2023 ∙ Bill McKibben