Letter to the Editor: Local Groups Opposing Hanscom Hanger Expansion Recommend Webinar

Submitted by Corinne Doud 

I encourage the community to register to attend this webinar and spread the word: 

Wed, June 21, 5:00 – 6:00 pm via Zoom: Stop Private Jet Expansion in Massachusetts 

Join Bill McKibben (Third Act) & Neil Rasmussen (Save Our Heritage) and others who are fighting to prevent a major Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom Airfield for an informational webinar. Neil Rasmussen, president of Save Our Heritage, will present recent research on the impacts of the proposed development on state and municipal Climate Goals.  Bill McKibben, an internationally recognized Climate Change expert and activist, will address why he calls Hanscom a “zombie project from the fossil fuel era”. 

Register to receive zoom link: https://350mass.betterfutureproject.org/stop_private_jets

This event is organized by the Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere.  Their website is here: http://stopprivatejetexpansion.org

And here’s Bill McKibben’s recent article on Hanscom: 

5/25/23, Substack, by Bill McKibben

Two Really Dumb Things We Might Be Able to Stop:  Private jetports, fracked gas pipelines – the zombie projects of the fossil fuel era  https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-really-dumb-things-we-might-be

Four Bedford organizations have joined the Coalition so far: Bedford League of Women Voters, Bedford Mothers Out Front, Bedford Third Act, and The First Parish in Bedford. For a complete list of organizations that are part of the Coalition, please refer to their website (if you are connected to an organization that wants to join, let the Coalition know). Also, please sign, and share widely, a petition to Gov. Maura Healey to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere: | SIGN PETITION HERE.