Private Jets & Their Impacts -STUDIES and NEWS STORIES
Below you’ll find:
Studies Specific to Hanscom Field
Study Specific to Massachusetts
Key Studies about Private Jets
More Studies about Private Jets
News Stories about Private Jets
Studies Specific to Hanscom Field
Note: The following pertains to Hanscom Field civilian airport, not Hanscom Air Force Base which is a non-flying base
4/4/24 Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact of Proposed Expansion of Hangar Capacity at Hanscom Field ∙
Industrial Economics Inc.
10/2/23 Hanscom High Flyers: Private Jet Excess Doesn’t Justify Airport Expansion ∙ Institute for Policy Studies
News stories about this report:
Nearly half of private flights from Hanscom last less than an hour, study shows ∙ WBUR ∙ 10/2/2023 ∙ Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez
Billionaires are responsible for large amounts of climate pollution from Hanscom, a new report finds ∙ Boston Globe ∙ 10/3/23 ∙ David Abel
Study Specific to Massachusetts
10/14/25 “Barriers to Implementing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Massachusetts ∙ Institute for Policy Studies
Selected Key Findings:
The most severe and unsolved problem with SAF is that its use increases CO2 emissions.
CO2 emissions are five times lower if we direct new clean electricity to the grid to displace natural gas, instead of using it to create e-fuel SAF.
To displace current fossil jet fuel use with e-fuel in Massachusetts would require annual subsidies that are 2 to 12 times the entire annual Massachusetts Transportation budget of $1.37 billion.
The magnitude of electrical power required to produce e-fuel to meet Massachusetts aviation requirements is much more than the Commonwealth generates today.
Key Studies about Private Jets & Their Impacts
6/27/25 Air and Greenhouse Gas Pollution from Private Jets, 2023 ∙ International Council on Clean Transportation
Full Report
Press Release with Key FindingsNews Story about the report: “Private Jets Polluted More Than All Flights Heathrow Combined Study Finds” ∙ Boston Globe
11/7/24 Private aviation is making a growing contribution to climate change∙ Nature Communications Earth & Environment
News stories about the report:
Study exposes dark side to flying private aircrafts: 'The damage is done by those with a lot of money' ∙ Yahoo News ∙ Sam Westmoreland
Carbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars ∙ AP News ∙ Seth Borenstein
Falcons users emit 500 times more CO2 per year into the atmosphere than the average citizen ∙ El Mundo ∙ Ricardo F. Colmenero
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions ∙ The Guardian ∙ Damian Carrington
Private jet carbon emissions soar 46%: Study ∙ Phys.org
Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists warn ∙ BBC ∙ Georgina Rannard
Carbon pollution from high-flying rich in private jets soars ∙ PBS ∙ Seth Borenstein
Emissions from private jets are skyrocketing. Monitoring them is about to get much harder ∙ LA Times ∙ Noah Haggerty
Carbon Pollution From Private Jets Has Increased 46% ∙ Newsweek ∙ Matthew Impelli
10/28/24 Carbon Inequality Kills: Why curbing the excessive emissions of an elite few can create a sustainable planet for all ∙ Oxfam Policy & Practice
News story about the report: "Billionaires Spew More CO2 Pollution in 90 Minutes Than Average Person in a Lifetime” ∙ CommonDreams ∙ Jessica Corbett ∙ 10/28/2024
5/14/24 Greenwashing the Skies: How the Private Jet Lobby Uses “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” as a Marketing Ploy ∙ Institute for Policy Studies
Summary Report, 5/14/24
News story about the report: ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds ∙ The Guardian ∙ Oliver Milman ∙ 5/14/2024
5/31/23 High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up Our Planet ∙ Institute for Policy Studies
Summary Report, 5/31/23
News story about the report: 'Private jet travel by billionaires and the ultra-wealthy imposes a tremendous cost on the rest of us' ∙ Federal Newswire Report ∙ 5/6/2023
More Studies about Private Jets & Their Impacts
Beyond the Rhetoric of "Sustainable Aviation": A Counterfactual Confrontation” ∙ Journal of Travel Research ∙ 1/22/26 ∙ Gössling et al.
Climate Plunder: How a Powerful Few Are Locking The World Into Disaster ∙ Oxfam International ∙ 10/29/25 ∙ Dabi et al.
News story about the report: America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam ∙The Guardian ∙ 10/28/25 ∙ Jonathan Watts
A new press release related to the report’s findings: Richest 1% have blown through their fair share of carbon emissions for 2026 in just 10 days ∙ Oxfam ∙ 1/9/26
The airline industry’s dirty secret: Clean jet fuel failures ∙ Reuters ∙ 8/11/25 ∙ Joanna Plucinska, Joe Brock, Marleen Kaesebier and Paul Carsten
Carbon Inequality Kills: Why curbing the excessive emissions of an elite few can create a sustainable planet for all ∙ Oxfam Policy & Practice ∙ 10/28/24 ∙ Alestig et al.
News story about the report: Billionaires Spew More CO2 Pollution In 90 Minutes Than Average Person In A Lifetime ∙ The Real News Network ∙ 10/28/24
Aircraft noise exposure and body mass index among female participants in two Nurses’ Health Study prospective cohorts living around 90 airports in the United States ∙ Environment International ∙ May 2024
Refueling Aviation in the United States: Evolution of US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy ∙ Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) ∙ 2/1/24
CO2 emissions of private aviation in Europe ∙ CE Delft ∙ 3/31/2023 ∙ Jasper Faber & Sander Raphaël
Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero-emission aviation? In-house analysis by Transport & Environment (44 pgs) ∙ IEA ∙ 2/22/2023 ∙ Laura Cozzi et. al.
News story about the report: The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1% ∙ IEA ∙ 2/22/2023 ∙ Laura Cozzi et. al.
Private jet emissions quadrupled during 2022 World Economic Forum ∙ Greenpeace ∙ 1/13/2023
Environmental Footprint of Private and Business Jets ∙ Engineering Proceedings ∙ 12/21/2022 ∙ Junzi Sun, Xavier Olive, & Martin Strohmeier
Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale ∙ ProPublica ∙ 6/24/2022 ∙ Paul Kiel
Issue Brief | The Growth in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Commercial Aviation (2019, revised 2022) ∙ Environmental and Energy Study Institute ∙ 6/9/2022 ∙ Jeff Overton
Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero-emission aviation? ∙ Transport & Environment ∙ 5/27/2021
Number of passengers per private jet flights 2016-2019 ∙ Statista ∙ 4/30/2021 ∙ Erick Burgueño Salas
The global scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications for climate change ∙ Elsevier via Science Direct ∙ 11/1/2020 ∙ Stefan Gössling & Andreas Humpe
Top 50 countries by number of business jets registered ∙ Corporate Jet Investor ∙ 2/11/2014
Corporate Jet Set: Leisure vs. Business ∙ Wall Street Journal ∙ 6/16/2011 ∙ Mark Maremont & Tom McGinty
News Stories about Private Jets & Their Impacts
'Indefensible': Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners While Taking Healthcare From Millions ∙ Jake Johnson ∙ Common Dreams ∙ 7/7/25
The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Subsidize the Billionaire Private Jet Class ∙ Chuck Collins ∙ Inequality.org ∙ 7/1/25
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 ∙ 8/10/25
Luxury airline for dogs set for maiden flight ∙ ABC News ∙ 5/22/2024
‘A tiny drop in a fossil fuel ocean’: Climate campaigners slam first 100% green fuelled flight ∙ Euronews ∙ Lottie Limb ∙ 11/28/2023
Hanscom expansion faces more opposition ∙ 10/16/2023 ∙ Anne O’Connor
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
The airline industry’s dirty secret: Clean jet fuel failures ∙ Reuters ∙ Joanna Plucinska, Joe Brock, Marleen Kaesebier and Paul Carsten ∙ 8/11/25
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
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
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
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
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
Create a Congressional Climate Tribunal to investigate corporate deniers ∙ The Hill ∙ 6/6/2023 ∙ Chuck Collins
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
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
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
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