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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: , , , , , , , , , , |

There is little doubt that House Bill 49, enacted on the final day of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session, stands as the most consequential environmental legislation to emerge this year, perhaps the most impactful since the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. This sweeping ...

26Apr, 2025

New Environmental Laws from the 2025 Maryland Legislative Session

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

The 447th session of the Maryland General Assembly concluded on April 7, 2025. A total of 878 bills passed both chambers. The governor has already signed 230 of these bills into law and has until May 27 to sign or veto the rest. The annual ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

29Mar, 2025

NYC Building Electrification Ruling is Interesting But Not a Game Changer

By |Saturday, March 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On March 18, 2025, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York handed down a ruling in Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York, Inc. et al. v. City of New York, dismissing a challenge to New York City’s Local ...

22Mar, 2025

Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M in Blow to Activism

By |Saturday, March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In a landmark decision with profound implications for environmental activism and corporate accountability, a North Dakota jury has rendered a verdict requiring Greenpeace to pay over $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. This outcome stems from Greenpeace's ...

15Mar, 2025

The Most Consequential Day of Environmental Deregulation in American History

By |Saturday, March 15th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced last Thursday, “Yesterday was the most consequential day of deregulation in American history. Alongside President Trump, we announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will take 31 actions to advance his day-one executive orders and power the Great American Comeback.” I ...

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