The planned expansion of private jet hangars at Hanscom Airfield in Bedford, MA could dramatically increase private jet traffic. Given that a private jet emits 4-15 times as much carbon per person as a commercial jet, this expansion alone could negate all the work that Massachusetts towns have been doing to tackle the climate crisis. As we breathe smoky air and see heat records break month after month, this expansion threatens us all.

 

In her presentation, Sabine von Mering provides details about the planned expansion and how citizens of Massachusetts are rising up in opposition to the project.

Sabine von Mering is a member of the 350Mass climate movement, a professor at Brandeis University, a 20 year Wayland resident and an elected member of the Wayland Democratic Town committee. She is also a 2023 Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project and Yale University's Climate Change Communication. Her translation Beginning to End the Climate Crisis. A History of Our Future was published with Brandeis University Press in March 2023.