Health and Environmental Impacts

Does living near airports with small aircraft expose children to dangerous lead levels? A California study finds children living near an airport that services small aircraft have ‘concerning’ levels of lead, which is a poison, in their blood.

No Added Harm A coalition of neighbors, community organizations, and businesses concerned about the harms of SeaTac Airport on our health, neighborhoods, environment, and climate.

Leaded Skies: A Small Town's Fight Against Leaded Aviation Fuel - Clean Wisconsin

Virtual Roundtable for communities fighting airport expansions

We joined Kati and Lilly and the SPJE’s virtual Roundtable for communities in the region fighting airport expansions on Wed, Feb 5th 2025. In this meeting we crowdsourced information, learned how our campaigns overlapped and where they diverge. Each community's fight is part of a larger trend based on the aviation industry’s plan for continued, indefinite growth. We listened and learned how we can strengthen our efforts and best support each other.

Recommended articles by SPJE:

• Deep Dive: Massachusetts Carbon Emissions Forced Up by Airport Expansion

• Opinion: Massport must cancel private jet expansion  

• Opinion: Airport expansion undoing Connecticut’s climate work

Webinar on Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Hope or Hype?

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View the recording of the: SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS: CAN THEY MEET 2050 CLIMATE GOALS? Webinar for Policymakers & the Public

Much of the research and policy discussion about the future of “sustainable aviation fuels” has been funded by the aviation industry. This webinar features independent researchers who receive no aviation industry support. It may also provide new arguments for future public comments on the Hanscom developers’ SDEIR (Supplementary Draft Environmental Impact Report), once it’s filed.

Panelists: Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute, US, Chuck Collins, Director of Program on Inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, DC, Neil Rasmussen, Member of MIT governing board, serves on energy and climate committees.

Sponsored by: Institute for Policy Studies, Program on Inequality; Sierra Club Mass; Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere; Mass Power Forward; Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN); Center for Biological Diversity.