April 21st, 2026

From Stop Private Jet Expansion. 

$30 million in tax credits for so-called “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAFs) over three years (H.5280) are currently before the Conference Committee on the FY 2026 Supplemental Budget Bill. It’s unclear how fast the Conference Committee will meet or move on a final vote, so the time to urge your legislators to OPPOSE SAF tax credits is NOW!
 
Please take this action whether or not your state legislators sit on the Conference Committee. 

ACTION: Click here to write a letter to your legislators.
If you’ve already taken this action, thank you!
If not, please act now!

SAFs are deceptively appealing with their promise of clean and green flights that have less climate impact. If they lived up to their benefits as advertised, we’d be all for them! However, a large body of independent research shows that current forms of SAFs at scale would do more harm than good.
 
Here’s a snapshot of what that would look like for Massachusetts in the case of e-fuels: The report Barriers to Implementing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Massachusetts found that displacing current fossil fuel use with e-fuel in Massachusetts would:

• require more than the annual electricity consumed in Massachusetts today 
• result in five times more CO2 emissions than if we directed new clean electricity to the grid to displace natural gas
• require annual subsidies of 2 to 12 times the entire annual Massachusetts Transportation budget  (annual subsidies of $2.9 billion to $16.5 billion)

 
In addition, an Alliance for Clean Energy Solutions (ACES) letter to Governor Healey, signed by the Acadia Center, Alliance for Climate Transition, Vote Solar, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Mass Audubon, stated:

• “CO2 reductions would be 5 to 10 times larger per dollar invested by first displacing existing fossil fuel generation rather than by producing e-fuels.” 
• “Unfortunately, the production and adoption of SAF would actually significantly increase emissions while placing the burden of the dramatically higher fuel cost on the taxpayers of Massachusetts.” 

 
If Massachusetts is serious about meeting its 2050 net zero goals, it should NOT direct funds towards SAF tax credits. It should instead fund initiatives that fully decarbonize our electric grid, which would benefit all sectors and the public at large.

ACTION: Click here to write to your legislators.

To fight private jet expansion and protect the climate, we need to fight SAFs which the aviation sector uses to justify its expansions and ever-growing CO2 emissions.
 
If we prevail, it will provide major leverage for stopping proposed private jet expansion at Hanscom and other airports throughout Massachusetts.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ACTION as soon as possible!

SPJE’s Partners & Friends Upcoming Events and Actions

• Sat, April 25th, 1:30pm Make Polluters Pay Campaign Huddle, Zoom or in person in JP RSVP here
• Sun, April 26th, 2:00pm Earth day Celebration - Walk in the Footsteps of Thoreau starts at 2pm at both First Parish in Concord and St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Lincoln RSVP here
• Mon, April 27th, 6:30pm: Iliana Benson from Concord-Carlisle High School's Sunrise Club will present Article 42 Citizen Petition: Proposed Composting Rate Payer Plan at Concord's Town Meeting. For more information about Town Meeting and the article, click here.
• Sunday May 3rd, 2pm: Thoreau's Forests Confront Climate Change with Dr. William Moomaw In person at First Parish in Concord (a recording of the event will be available post-event): Q&A and refreshments. Sponsored by the First Parish in Concord Environmental Team. RSVP here
• Tues, May 5th, 12pm Mothers Out Front Climate Action Call on 2026 Climate Bill via Zoom RSVP here

Onward!
The SPJE Team