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Two Creeks, a Marsh and Two Lakes are Suing a Florida Real Estate Developer
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:37-05:00Monday, May 10th, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
Two creeks, a marsh and two lakes are plaintiffs in a first of its kind complaint filed last month against a real estate developer and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Wilde Cypress Branch, Boggy Branch, Crosby Island Marsh, Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane, ...
Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:35-05:00Friday, April 23rd, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. There were no balloons dropped from the balconies at sine die, ostensibly because of Covid-19 social distancing there were no high school pages to drop celebratory balloons from the balconies, but it is ...
Covid Pandemic Exposes More Children to Toxic Lead
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:34-05:00Monday, March 22nd, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
Covid-19 school closures and lockdowns resulted in thousands of children having increased blood lead levels. In a study of this consequence of Covid-19, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to describe blood lead level testing among young children during the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
SEC to Update Required Climate Related Disclosures
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:32-05:00Monday, March 1st, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
On February 24, acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Allison Herren Lee, offered insight into the future direction of mandatory climate change disclosures and new ESG regulation, when she directed the Division of Corporation Finance to enhance its focus on climate related ...
Rare Earth Metal Theft by Catalytic Converter
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:31-05:00Sunday, February 21st, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
The theft of catalytic converters to sell for the value of the rare earth metal components is a thing once again. A catalytic converter is a component part of the exhaust system of a fossil fuel motor vehicle that catalyzes, or accelerates the break down ...
EPA 2020 Enforcement Offers Insight
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:30-05:00Sunday, February 14th, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
The Environmental Protection Agency’s has released the results of its 2020 enforcement and compliance efforts and those results offer significant insight that business can benefit from. In the first 5 months of fiscal year 2020, EPA was on track to significantly exceed traditional numeric metrics ...
There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:28-05:00Monday, February 8th, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
A January 18, 2021 report by the UK Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner is both a wake-up call and a useful guide on preventing modern slavery and human trafficking. In the Western world there are low levels of awareness of the prevalence of modern slavery. Yet ...
PFAS in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:26:27-05:00Sunday, January 31st, 2021|Categories: Environmental Law|
The question de riguer in commercial real estate transactions is if PFAS is included in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment? As made clear by the January 14, 2021 EPA action, the response is “no” that the standard practice for environmental site assessments in the ...












