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Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-03-19T23:21:16-04:00Sunday, March 19th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: biodiversity degradation, endangered species act, environmental law, ESG, Kaplow, northern long-eared bat, Stuart Kaplow|
Biodiversity degradation is an existential crisis playing out right now in front of our eyes. Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
The Environmental Catastrophe that is PFAS will see Movement in 2023
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-03-15T06:01:05-04:00Sunday, March 12th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Stuart Kaplow|
Just two days after this article was posted EPA proposed legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six PFAS in drinking water. EPA anticipates finalizing the regulation by the end of 2023. The EPA announcement said, “that if fully implemented, the rule will ...
Biden Veto of Repudiation of ESG Worker Savings Rule a Positive for ESG
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-03-05T16:57:23-05:00Sunday, March 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Biden veto, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
Last week Congress voted to approve House Joint Resolution 30 seeking to nullify the Department of Labor “ESG Rule” concerning fiduciary duties with respect to employee benefit plans. Under that final rule, issued on December 1, 2022, retirement plan fiduciaries may expressly consider environmental, social, and ...
We Need to do Better to Reduce Food Waste
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-05-29T17:04:22-04:00Sunday, February 26th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, food waste, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, methane emissions, organic material waste, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
More than one third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting not only the food itself but also the resources used to produce it, creating a multitude of environmental externalities. Food waste is the single most common material landfilled in ...
Non Profits can Receive a Direct Payment for 30% of Their Solar Energy System Costs
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-19T19:17:16-05:00Sunday, February 19th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, non profit, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
Despite that The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was signed into law last August 16 and that it is a broad and wide legislative effort that does a lot in more than 500 pages from lowing prescription drug prices to investing in clean energy, the ...
German Law a Model for Safeguarding Human Rights in Supply Chains
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-12T18:53:19-05:00Sunday, February 12th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, human rights, Kaplow, LkSG, modern slavery, slavery, Stuart Kaplow, supply chain|
While the new German law does have regulatory ramifications across the globe, in particular for suppliers to German companies, more significant is that it is being heralded as articulating a replicable ESG standard for safeguarding human rights in business supply chains by businesses that believe ...
You can Participate in our Survey on GHG Emission Measurement
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-05T17:42:51-05:00Sunday, February 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, GHG, GHG Emission survey, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
We are currently undertaking a survey to assess and gauge the market uptake of greenhouse gas emission measurement, public claims, and reduction. While the world has seen a ballooning of Net Zero GHG emission commitments by government and non-state actors alike, in particular by businesses in the ...
Does Your Lease Need Greenhouse Gas Provisions?
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-01-24T05:40:51-05:00Sunday, January 22nd, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: building energy performance standard, GHG, green lease, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
Yes. It would be one thing if this topic was only prospective, about leases to be entered into in the future, but the reality is there are very large numbers of existing leases including with renewal terms that are for premises that will be regulated ...