The Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere (SPJE) coalition has achieved much over the past two years, including gathering over 13,500 signatures for a petition to request the Governor to stop Massport’s proposed expansion, building a coalition of over 90 organizations, writing over 1,500 comments to the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Review (DEIR), and attracting the attention of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which declared the Minute Man National Historical Park, Walden, and other nearby landmarks, among America’s 11 most endangered historic places.
Thanks to all this work, EEA Secretary Rebecca Tepper rejected the developers’ report. But the fight is not over yet. The developers are preparing a Supplemental DEIR, and when they do, we must be prepared to respond.
On September 19 at 7 p.m., SPJE will present a webinar with remarks from Susan Solomon, an atmospheric chemistry professor at MIT and founding director of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. In her recent book, “Solvable: How We Healed the Earth, and How We Can Do It Again,” (June 2024) she writes about her pioneering work on the Antarctic ozone layer, which played a crucial role in repairing the ozone hole. She also co-led the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
In her book, Professor Solomon uses previous environmental successes as a source of hope and guidance for mitigating climate change. She is an inspiring speaker who will encourage us all in our opposition to expansion of private jet service.
Following her remarks, SPJE coalition members Corrinne Doud, Neil Rasmussen, Chuck Collins, and Alex Chatfield will update the audience on the coalition’s recent achievements and future plans. Register at actionnetwork.org.
Janet Miller
Main Street