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Recent Environmental Law Articles
The Great Climate Reevaluation – Affordability Trumped Environment in the 2026 Midterms
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-11-07T17:00:49-05:00Saturday, November 7th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, climate change, climate hush, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
Commercial real estate developers and business leaders routinely underwrite projects against ten, twenty, and thirty year horizons, knowing that capital expenditures must outlast political cycles. Yet every two years, Washington and the state capitals deliver a referendum on policy priorities that alters the regulatory risk ...
Challenge To FAA’s Drone Delivery Rule – What Commercial Real Estate Needs to Know
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-10-31T21:07:28-04:00Saturday, October 31st, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: drone delivery, drone hub, drone nest, environmental lawyer Maryland, FAA drone delivery, finding of no significant impact, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
The promise of drone package delivery - swift, efficient, reduced energy intensity, protection from porch pirates, and cost reducing last mile logistics - offers compelling opportunities for commercial real estate, from office parks and flex parks to multi family. Battery powered delivery drones typically use ...
The Hidden Transaction Costs of Residential Solar
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-10-24T20:55:13-04:00Saturday, October 24th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland energy lawyer, Maryland environmental attorney, residential solar, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
We are often asked about installing residential rooftop solar panels, which should not be surprising given that as of early 2026, more than 5 million single family homes (i.e., around 5.8% of roofs) have rooftop solar panel systems. That is meaningful early adoption, but it ...
Australia’s High Court Puts Scope 3 GHG Emissions Back on the U.S. Business Risk Map
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-10-17T18:53:17-04:00Saturday, October 17th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, greenhouse gas emissions, Kaplow, MACH Energy, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Milieudefensie v. Shell, scope 3 GHG, Stuart Kaplow|
Many American businesses welcomed the SEC’s retreat from proposed Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting. But an Australian High Court decision shows why value chain emissions remain a material legal risk. The court invalidated a coal mine expansion approval because the planning authority failed to ...
D.C. Circuit Upholds PFAS Hazardous Designation – Critical Implications for Real Estate
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-10-13T11:05:32-04:00Saturday, October 10th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase 1, Phase I environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow|
For commercial real estate owners and business professionals, the landscape of environmental liability continues to shift. The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. EPA has unequivocally affirmed the ...
TMDL Trump Executive Order – Why the Chesapeake Bay “Pollution Diet” Remains Intact
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-10-03T16:44:40-04:00Saturday, October 3rd, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Chesapeake Bay TMDL, environmental lawyer Maryland, EO 14428, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, rain tax, stormwater management fee, Stuart Kaplow|
On September 16, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order 14428, revoking President Obama’s 2009 Chesapeake Bay Executive Order (EO 13508) and directly taking aim at what Mid-Atlantic lawmakers have long derided as the “rain tax.” However, before commercial real estate owners celebrate the death of ...
Maryland’s Packaging EPR Program Moves From Law to Reality
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-09-26T22:15:20-04:00Saturday, September 26th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Circular Action Alliance, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, recycling, SB 901, Stuart Kaplow|
Maryland’s latest environmental mandate is no longer just a legislative concept. It is becoming an operating program. In 2025, Maryland enacted Senate Bill 901, establishing an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework for packaging and paper products. Governor Wes Moore signed the legislation on May 13, ...
Exposomics – The New Environmental Risk You Have Not Heard About
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-09-19T15:17:20-04:00Saturday, September 19th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, exposome, exposomics, Kaplow, Make America Healthy Again, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
For decades, environmental risk focused on the visible and catastrophic: spills, smokestacks, contaminated properties, while doling out punishments after the damage was done. Now a quieter and potentially far more consequential ‘ecological meets human health’ issue is moving to the center of scientific and commercial ...