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Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M in Blow to Activism
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-24T21:31:06-04:00Saturday, March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer, environmental attorney Maryland, green building lawyer, Greenpeace, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
In a landmark decision with profound implications for environmental activism and corporate accountability, a North Dakota jury has rendered a verdict requiring Greenpeace to pay over $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. This outcome stems from Greenpeace's ...
The Most Consequential Day of Environmental Deregulation in American History
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-15T19:03:46-04:00Saturday, March 15th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Energy Star, environmental attorney Maryland, EPA, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Lee Zeldin, Maryland BEPS, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced last Thursday, “Yesterday was the most consequential day of deregulation in American history. Alongside President Trump, we announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will take 31 actions to advance his day-one executive orders and power the Great American Comeback.” I ...
States Challenge Validity of New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-08T17:22:26-05:00Saturday, March 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, climate change, Climate Change Superfund Act, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
The recent enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act in New York has set the stage for a significant legal battle over the scope of state authority to impose financial responsibility for purported climate related damages. The outcome of this litigation could have far reaching ...
House Votes to Protect the Hot Water Heater in Your House
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-02T16:48:37-05:00Saturday, March 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Congressional Review Act, Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building law, hot water heater, House Joint Resolution 20, Kaplow, make America green again, Maryland environmental attorney, residential water heater, Stuart Kaplow|
On the day after Christmas, in its last days, the Biden administration published a final rule that was effectively a ban on most fossil fueled residential hot water heaters. Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution nullifying the rule. House Joint Resolution ...
EPA Transmits California Electric Vehicle Waivers to Congress for Repeal
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-22T17:49:56-05:00Saturday, February 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, electric vehicle, environmental attorney Maryland, EV charger, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Omnibus NOx rules, Stuart Kaplow|
On February 14, 2025, newly appointed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in the Oval Office, alongside President Donald Trump, that the EPA would transmit to Congress requests to repeal of the Biden Administration’s electric vehicle mandates that granted waivers to California. These ...
SEC Reverses Course on Defending its Climate Related Disclosure Rule
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-15T17:39:27-05:00Saturday, February 15th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental attorney Maryland, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, SEC Disclosure Related to Climate Change, Stuart Kaplow, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors|
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a major step toward reversing course on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors rule (the “Greenhouse Gas Rule”) currently pending in the courts. The Greenhouse Gas Rule adopted by the SEC on March 6, ...
Reliance Letters: An Essential Part of Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-08T18:50:24-05:00Saturday, February 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental attorney Maryland, green building law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Phase I, Phase I environmental site assessment, reliance letter, Stuart Kaplow|
In the realm of commercial real estate transactions, due diligence is a critical step in assessing and mitigating risks. One essential component of this process is the Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, which evaluates the environmental contamination on a property. A key document that facilitates ...
Reverse Greenwashing: The Battle Over ExxonMobil’s Recycling
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-01T14:41:36-05:00Saturday, February 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Exxon Mobil v Bonta, green building law, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, reverse greenwashing, Stuart Kaplow|
In the devolving discourse on the role of businesses in climate change responsibility, we are witnessing an unusual, but likely positive phenomenon, "reverse greenwashing." Traditionally, greenwashing refers to businesses exaggerating or fabricating their environmental initiatives to appear more sustainable. Reverse greenwashing, however, occurs when environmental ...