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Maryland Expands Bat Protections: New Law Shifts Approach to Biodiversity
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-28T18:53:10-04:00Saturday, June 28th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: bats, eastern small footed bat, Endangered and Threatened Species – Incidental Taking – Bats, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Indiana bat, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, northern long-eared bat, SB 946, Stuart Kaplow, tricolored bat|
Biodiversity degradation is an existential crisis affecting planetary and human health. Since the enactment of the federal Endangered Species Act in 1973, populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, and fish have dropped a shocking 68%. As scientists and policymakers grapple with addressing the rapid and widespread ...
All Electric Future Faces Legal Threat After Supreme Court Ruling
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-21T21:29:47-04:00Saturday, June 21st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: California EV, Clean Air Act waiver, Diamond Alternative Energy, environmental attorney Maryland, EPA, Kaplow, LLC v EPA, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Section 209, Stuart Kaplow|
In a pivotal environmental case with wide reaching implications, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a group of fuel producers have Article III standing to challenge the EPA’s approval of a waiver under the Clean Air Act permitting California regulations (.. adopted in 17 ...
Mold Testing in Maryland Real Estate under the New Law
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-14T18:25:40-04:00Saturday, June 14th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental attorney Maryland, green building law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, mold, mold regulation, mold test, SB 856, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Energy Star: A Quiet Exit and a Bright Future Beyond Government
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-10T11:28:45-04:00Saturday, June 7th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Energy Star, environmental attorney Maryland, EPA, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Congress Blocks California’s Gasoline Car Ban
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-05-31T18:17:38-04:00Saturday, May 31st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, Congressional Review Act, electric vehicle, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPA, EVs, green building lawyer, H.J.Res.88, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
EPA Will Keep Current Limits for “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-05-24T18:26:52-04:00Saturday, May 24th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: forever chemicals, green building lawyer, Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, SDWA, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Court Indefinitely Pauses SEC Climate Rule Litigation
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-05-18T17:11:52-04:00Saturday, May 17th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Iowa v. SEC, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Maryland is About to Regulate Mold But is the Cart Before the Horse
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-05-15T05:54:11-04:00Saturday, May 10th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland environmental attorney, Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act, mold, regulate mold, Senate Bill 856, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...