What:  

Alex Chatfield and the Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom and Everywhere will share the latest information:

· Facts behind the proposal to expand private jets

· Implications for Climate Change & why we should care

· Progress to date

· Next steps and what we can do

There will be ample time for questions and answers. (And a short video of the rally.)

When:  

Saturday, November 4 at 10:00 AM (coffee and sign in at 9:45)

Where:  

Bemis Hall

What is the Coalition? 

a group of state and local organizations that have joined together to make a stand against private jet expansion that will significantly increase the carbon footprint (see below)* as municipalities, the state and others are working hard to drastically reduce their carbon footprint (a Climate imperative). 

Who are the coalition members?  

Over 50 state and local groups including 350 MA; Mothers Out Front, Save Our Heritage, Sierra Club MA, 3rd Act MA; UU Mass MetroWest;  Concord Indivisible, Save our Heritage, Walden Woods, Thoreau Society, Lincoln Democratic Town Committee, Waltham Democratic City Committee, League of Women Voters (Bedford, Concord Carlisle, Lexington) Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and local church groups (including the First Parish  Bedford, Bedford Green Team at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; First Parish   Concord, and St Anne’s Lincoln Climate Justice Ministry)

* If private jet travel continues to grow at the same rate as in recent years, those jets would produce 940 megatons of greenhouse gasses over the next three years in the United States — equivalent to the emissions produced by 65 million cars during the same period, according to a study in the Journal of Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. (As quoted in the Boston Globe)