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24May, 2025

EPA Will Keep Current Limits for “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water

By |Saturday, May 24th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On May 14, 2025, Lee Zeldin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, announced the agency will retain its current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for two of the most studied per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). With this ...

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17May, 2025

Court Indefinitely Pauses SEC Climate Rule Litigation

By |Saturday, May 17th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In a striking development with far reaching implications, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has granted the Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance in the consolidated litigation Iowa v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the lead challenge to the SEC’s 2024 climate ...

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10May, 2025

Maryland is About to Regulate Mold But is the Cart Before the Horse

By |Saturday, May 10th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In a sweeping act moving into a new regulatory space, “where no [hu]man has gone before,” aimed at addressing indoor mold, the Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 856 during the just concluded 2025 legislative session. This legislation, not yet signed by the governor, sets ...

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3May, 2025

BEPS Redux: The Most Far Reaching Environmental Legislation of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly

By |Saturday, May 3rd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After this was posted, on May 20, 2025, House Bill 49 became law without the Governor’s signature. This may be the first instance in modern times that a Maryland governor did not sign an enacted bill introduced at the request of that governor. There is ...

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26Apr, 2025

New Environmental Laws from the 2025 Maryland Legislative Session

By |Saturday, April 26th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

After this blog was posted, on September 16, 2025, Governor Wes Moore announced that he was vetoing 23 bills including those indicated below.  The 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly concluded on April 7, 2025. A total of 878 bills passed both chambers. The ...

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19Apr, 2025

Migratory Bird Treaty Act Does Not Prohibit Incidental Take – Again

By |Saturday, April 19th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In a sweeping return to a more literal and arguably originalist interpretation of one of the nation's environmental laws, the U.S. Department of the Interior has once again reversed course on how the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is enforced. In the latest development, incidental take, ...

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12Apr, 2025

President Trump’s Bold Step to Rein in State Overreach in Climate Change

By |Saturday, April 12th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a powerful and consequential Executive Order with the innocuous sounding title, “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.” The impact of that Executive Order will be far broader than the title belies when it targets “burdensome and ...

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5Apr, 2025

Mandatory GHG Disclosures in Maryland Real Estate Contracts

By |Saturday, April 5th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Maryland law now requires specified greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and exchange of performance data in a contract of sale for buildings subject to the state’s Building Energy Performance Standards. Failure to comply with the regulation can have significant financial and legal consequences. Maryland has quietly ...

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