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14Jun, 2025

Mold Testing in Maryland Real Estate under the New Law

By |Saturday, June 14th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Landlords, property managers, and real estate professionals across Maryland are about to enter a new era of regulating mold. With the General Assembly’s recent passage of Senate Bill 856, Maryland has taken a significant step toward being the first state to codify fungal growth in ...

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7Jun, 2025

Energy Star: A Quiet Exit and a Bright Future Beyond Government

By |Saturday, June 7th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

The FY 2026 President’s Budget delivers a clear message, Energy Star, as a federal program, is on its way out. Zero dollars are appropriated for the once innovative joint EPA and Department of Energy initiative, and the EPA’s June Budget in Brief confirms what many ...

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31May, 2025

Congress Blocks California’s Gasoline Car Ban

By |Saturday, May 31st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Senate has approved three Congressional Review Act resolutions initiated in the House of Representatives that overturn Environmental Protection Agency waivers, which had effectively imposed a de facto ban on the future sale of gasoline powered cars in California and 17 states, as well as ...

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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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