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Recent Environmental Law Articles

22Jun, 2024

Maryland Governor Mandates Climate Action by Executive Order

By |Saturday, June 22nd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Earlier this month, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an Executive Order leapfrogging Maryland to the front of all state climate efforts. No other government has enacted such a sweeping statewide green transition. The Maryland Governor’s June 4th, 2024, Executive Order 01.01.2024.19 is summarized below: Stated ...

15Jun, 2024

Warning Labels on Gas Stoves?

By |Saturday, June 15th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

A novel lawsuit is seeking to have a court order manufacturers to warn consumers that normal operation of its gas stoves produces air pollution at levels that can be harmful to human health. Last week the U.S. PIRG Education Fund filed a lawsuit in the District of ...

8Jun, 2024

Offshore Wind Progress in Maryland

By |Saturday, June 8th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

After this article was posted, on October 25, 2024, the Town of Ocean City and a confederation of other plaintiffs including the Town Council of Fenwick Island, and the Worcester County Commissioners, filed suit in federal court against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management challenging ...

1Jun, 2024

Carbon Offsets: White House Principles for Achieving Net Zero Emissions

By |Saturday, June 1st, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , |

Last Tuesday the White House unveiled its commitment to the role of carbon offsets in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Not to bury the lede, but the Biden Administration loudly endorsed the opportunities of voluntary carbon offsets in addressing climate change. Carbon offsets are widely criticized ...

28May, 2024

20 States Sue in Supreme Court to Block Climate Tort Actions by California and Others

By |Tuesday, May 28th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

Last Thursday 20 states filed suit in the U.S. Supreme Court against 5 other states claiming that defendant states’ attempts to dictate the future of the American energy policy through state tort actions, disrupt energy access and threaten federalism. More eloquently stated, more than 100 ...

18May, 2024

Solar Panel Tariffs: A Roadblock to Renewable Energy Uptake in the U.S.?

By |Saturday, May 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

Much attention has been paid to the Biden Administration's announcement last week of 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, however with only a few thousand Chinese EVs ever exported to the U.S., barely breaking 1% of U.S. EV sales, that duty is more election year ...

11May, 2024

Appeals Court Finds Climate Change is Not Justiciable

By |Saturday, May 11th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The environmental climate change case that has attracted the most attention, Juliana v. United States has come to an unceremonious end and all Americans should be concerned. On May 1, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered, “The district court is instructed to dismiss ...

4May, 2024

Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Laws Challenged

By |Saturday, May 4th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Two Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) laws were challenged last week in a much anticipated lawsuit commenced in the United States District Court for Colorado. The lawsuit mirrors a successful ‘substantially similar’ federal court ruling last year that voided a natural gas ban in ...

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