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Recent Legal Library Articles
European Data Privacy Law Applicable to Green Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:36-05:00Sunday, May 6th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
With the upcoming May 25, 2018 effective date for the new European General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union law drafted to provide greater protections for the personal data of individuals, it is a good time to review and consider the large quantity of data ...
The World is being Forced to Rethink Recycling
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:35-05:00Sunday, April 29th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Maybe not since Plato wrote about the value of reusing waste in the fourth century BC has recycling undergone the wide fluctuation, good and bad, that we are seeing right now. Today, the world has been forced to rethink its approach to waste. China is ...
The Last Straw for a Rational Environmental Policy?
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:34-05:00Sunday, April 22nd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
In the wake of the 48th anniversary of Earth Day yesterday, among the hottest environmental issues of the day appears to be criminalizing the plastic drinking straw. The import of the “war on drinking straws” must be true because this week there is a viral ...
Green Globes 01-201X about to be Green Lighted
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:33-05:00Sunday, April 15th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
There is an electric charge running through the green building industrial complex with the announcement last week that “Green Building Initiative Launches New Green Globes Pilot Program.” And while the breadth of the pilots among building type and geographic location is impressive, the press release ...
Local Laws Stop the Setting Sun on Solar Installations
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:32-05:00Sunday, April 8th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Two bills pending in the Montgomery County Council aim to increase the use of renewable energy in the suburban Maryland County. At a time when the number of households installing solar panels on their roofs declined last year, the first annual decline since 2000, and ...
LEED v4.1 Building Operations and Maintenance is Live
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:31-05:00Monday, March 26th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
LEED version 4.1 is now a reality with the release for use today, March 26, of LEED v4.1 O+M - Building Operations and Maintenance. “We are excited to introduce LEED v4.1 in beta, the latest update to the LEED rating system,” said Melissa Baker, senior ...
Renewable Energy Claim is Deceptive
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:30-05:00Sunday, March 4th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
This past week and there have been many other times this law firm was consulted about a marketing claim by a building owner with rooftop solar panels that advertises they “use” renewable energy, but the owner sells Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for the renewable energy ...
Back to the Future with “Navigable Waters of the United States”
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:28-05:00Sunday, February 4th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army finalized a rule adding an applicability date to the 2015 Rule (that never went into effect) defining “waters of the United States.” But, the 2015 Rule will now not be applicable until two years ...