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US Imposes Duties on Southeast Asia Solar Panel Makers Evading China Tariffs
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-09-03T17:51:08-04:00Sunday, September 3rd, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
On August 18, 2023, the United States government announced that solar panels, cells, and modules completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam using components from China and exported to the U.S., are circumventing the more than decade old antidumping tariffs on solar panels from China. ...
Launch of the Nature Crime Alliance
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-08-26T22:24:16-04:00Saturday, August 26th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: biodiversity degradation, ESG, illegal logging, Kaplow, modern slavery, Nature Crime Alliance, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
Last week saw the launch of the Nature Crime Alliance, a new, multi sector approach to fighting criminal forms of logging, mining, wildlife trade, land conversion, crimes associated with fishing, and the illegal activities with which they converge. The Alliance is significant because this is ...
Colorado Law Will Lead the Nation in Reducing GHGs from Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-08-19T21:12:03-04:00Saturday, August 19th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: building energy performance standard, Building Energy Performance Standards, Energize Denver, GHG, HB 1286|
Last week, Colorado established mandatory energy performance standards for large buildings. Buildings are one of Colorado’s top five sources of greenhouse gas emissions. As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly ...
Guidance on Avoiding Greenwashing while Providing Input Down Under
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-08-13T17:14:28-04:00Sunday, August 13th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Environmental and Sustainability Guidance, FTC, Green Guides, greenwashing, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
The Australian government has issued draft Environmental and Sustainability Guidance describing the obligations under Australian consumer law which businesses must comply with when making environmental and sustainability claims. The Guidance released on July 14, 2023, sets out what the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission considers ...
Two China Based Companies Banned as a Result of Forced Labor
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-08-06T17:19:15-04:00Saturday, August 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: forced labor, Kaplow, modern slavery, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, Uyghur, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
The increasing number of businesses concerned about modern slavery in their supply chain are paying attention to the U.S. government's announcement of new enforcement actions “.. to eliminate the use of forced labor practices in the U.S. supply chain and promote accountability for the ongoing ...
Offsets and RECs: A Powerful Duo for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Repairing the Planet
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-07-29T21:46:36-04:00Saturday, July 29th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, offset, REC, renewable energy certificate, Stuart Kaplow|
As concerns about climate change intensify, businesses and individuals alike are seeking effective ways to set and meet the goals of net zero energy and greenhouse gas emissions to contribute to a sustainable planet. Two essential but fundamentally different tools that have gained prominence in ...
Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosures in Real Estate Contracts and Beyond
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-07-23T17:26:15-04:00Saturday, July 22nd, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: building energy performance standard, contract disclsoure, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
As concerns about climate change move from mainstream society to businesses large and small, the significance of greenhouse gas emissions and specifically the move to decarbonize economies across the globe is receiving increased attention. In response, both voluntary and mandatory GHG emission disclosures in contracts ...
Wind Rights are now Blowin’ In The Wind
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-07-16T16:55:53-04:00Sunday, July 16th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, renewable energy, Ridge Renewables, Southwestern Public Service, Stuart Kaplow, wind rights, wind turbine|
The wind is blowing in Texas and the courts are making laws about the movement of air. With apologies to Bob Dylan given the recent $1.4 Million jury award for a trespass on wind rights this is more than just Blowin’ In The Wind. A ...