I remember when Hanscom belonged to the Air Force and we had jets and sonic booms overhead pretty regularly in Chelmsford. The long-ago transition to a commercial venture does not give it the right to decimate green space in suburbs that need to preserve it. Not to mention significant noise and pollution.
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Cheryl Gribskov
2 years ago
One of the treasures of the state and a joy to all people, please retain that sacred history.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Boxborough
Put our planet first and please stop private jet travel.
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Doris Reisig
2 years ago
Private Jet Expansion is an environmentally terrible idea. Please STOP it.
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Thomas Tringale
2 years ago
Save Walden Pond and Walden Woods
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John Dilworth
2 years ago
Expansion of the private jet business is completely bonkers.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Lexington, MA resident
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Boston, MA
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Tyler D Parker
2 years ago
MassPort would benefit more from local high speed rail developments!
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Protect and conserve our environment.
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JoAnn Janjigian
2 years ago
Eliminate private jet expansion. Let's conserve and protect our environment!
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Julian Buchynski
2 years ago
Please stop noise and environmental pollution in residential areas.
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Mary McBride
2 years ago
Billerica
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Melissa Rivard
2 years ago
As a resident who has been doing everything I can to reduce my own carbon footprint (got rid of our cars and fully insulated our apartment 15 years ago, limiting meat consumption, reducing air travel, etc.) and am now taking advantage of the incentives to shift away from fossil fuel powered heat and appliances (spending thousands of dollars of our own money on top of the rebates we are receiving in order to shift to a renewable energy powered home), I am livid to learn about this proposal to triple the private jet capacity at Hamscom Field that is projected to have a "resultant greenhouse gas emission rate cancelling out the climate benefit of about a quarter of all the solar PV installations in Massachusetts", "will benefit only the ultra wealthy" and will be exempt from property tax. We will never reach the climate goals that are essential to preserving a habitable planet if we continue to make incomprehensible and unjust decisions like this. We should be following the example of countries (France, the Netherlands) who are banning private jets and imposing high taxes on their fuel.
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Melinda Ballou
2 years ago
We MUST STOP AND COMPLETELY HALT both expansion at Hanscom specifically for private and other jets and across Mass. and elsewher. Gov. Healey you committed to support and advocate for climate justice. Stand behind that commitment by blocking this expansion, slapping massive surcharges on fuel for private jets and blocking priileges at Mass airports. Thank you. Our children's children's children's children's children's children -- and just our children -- will lie with the consequences otherwise. THanks you
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Theodor Paunescu
2 years ago
Massachusetts needs to work harder to actually put into action what the leaders of the state claim to want in regards to fighting climate change.
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C Walker
2 years ago
Arlington, MA
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Justin Oliveira
2 years ago
Eat the rich
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Carlos Rodriguez Ramirez
2 years ago
I live in Bedford, I am happy to have the Air Force doing their operations sometimes but I don’t want to have every jet flying over my house just because it is convenient for rich guys.
I remember when Hanscom belonged to the Air Force and we had jets and sonic booms overhead pretty regularly in Chelmsford. The long-ago transition to a commercial venture does not give it the right to decimate green space in suburbs that need to preserve it. Not to mention significant noise and pollution.
One of the treasures of the state and a joy to all people, please retain that sacred history.
Boxborough Put our planet first and please stop private jet travel.
Private Jet Expansion is an environmentally terrible idea. Please STOP it.
Save Walden Pond and Walden Woods
Expansion of the private jet business is completely bonkers.
Lexington, MA resident
Boston, MA
MassPort would benefit more from local high speed rail developments!
Protect and conserve our environment.
Eliminate private jet expansion. Let's conserve and protect our environment!
Please stop noise and environmental pollution in residential areas.
Billerica
As a resident who has been doing everything I can to reduce my own carbon footprint (got rid of our cars and fully insulated our apartment 15 years ago, limiting meat consumption, reducing air travel, etc.) and am now taking advantage of the incentives to shift away from fossil fuel powered heat and appliances (spending thousands of dollars of our own money on top of the rebates we are receiving in order to shift to a renewable energy powered home), I am livid to learn about this proposal to triple the private jet capacity at Hamscom Field that is projected to have a "resultant greenhouse gas emission rate cancelling out the climate benefit of about a quarter of all the solar PV installations in Massachusetts", "will benefit only the ultra wealthy" and will be exempt from property tax. We will never reach the climate goals that are essential to preserving a habitable planet if we continue to make incomprehensible and unjust decisions like this. We should be following the example of countries (France, the Netherlands) who are banning private jets and imposing high taxes on their fuel.
We MUST STOP AND COMPLETELY HALT both expansion at Hanscom specifically for private and other jets and across Mass. and elsewher. Gov. Healey you committed to support and advocate for climate justice. Stand behind that commitment by blocking this expansion, slapping massive surcharges on fuel for private jets and blocking priileges at Mass airports. Thank you. Our children's children's children's children's children's children -- and just our children -- will lie with the consequences otherwise. THanks you
Massachusetts needs to work harder to actually put into action what the leaders of the state claim to want in regards to fighting climate change.
Arlington, MA
Eat the rich
I live in Bedford, I am happy to have the Air Force doing their operations sometimes but I don’t want to have every jet flying over my house just because it is convenient for rich guys.
Waltham, MA