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Recent direct GHG emissions Articles
Measuring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions will be “the” Environmental Issue of 2024
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-12-31T14:21:01-05:00Sunday, December 31st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, direct GHG emissions, food waste, GHG, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue ...
Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards Effective January 1
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-30T17:03:41-05:00Saturday, December 9th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, direct GHG emissions, GHG, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
On January 29, 2024, after this article was posted, the Maryland legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) put a “hold” on the proposed regulations to create the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) as required by the Climate Solutions Now Act ...
Tenants Monetizing their Greenhouse Gas Emission Data
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-10-15T17:05:27-04:00Saturday, October 14th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, direct GHG emissions, GHG, GHG emission data, greenhouse gas, SB 528|
In response to new building energy performance standards and other laws requiring reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, tenants are beginning to monetize their GHG emission data, including their utility data. In recent days we have seen a drugstore chain, a general merchandise retailer, ...
Maryland Releases Draft GHG Regulations to Implement SB 528
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-05-14T18:22:43-04:00Saturday, May 13th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, direct GHG emissions, GHG, Kaplow, Portfolio Manager, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
In a proactive move toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has today released draft regulations to implement key aspects of Senate Bill 528 of 2022 – The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. This blog ...