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Recent environmental lawyer Maryland Articles

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 ...

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 ...

8Mar, 2025

States Challenge Validity of New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act

By |Saturday, March 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The recent enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act in New York has set the stage for a significant legal battle over the scope of state authority to impose financial responsibility for purported climate related damages. The outcome of this litigation could have far reaching ...

1Mar, 2025

House Votes to Protect the Hot Water Heater in Your House

By |Saturday, March 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

On the day after Christmas, in its last days, the Biden administration published a final rule that was effectively a ban on most fossil fueled residential hot water heaters. Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution nullifying the rule. House Joint Resolution ...

1Feb, 2025

Reverse Greenwashing: The Battle Over ExxonMobil’s Recycling

By |Saturday, February 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In the devolving discourse on the role of businesses in climate change responsibility, we are witnessing an unusual, but likely positive phenomenon, "reverse greenwashing." Traditionally, greenwashing refers to businesses exaggerating or fabricating their environmental initiatives to appear more sustainable. Reverse greenwashing, however, occurs when environmental ...

28Dec, 2024

Top 10 (or 12!) List of Environmental Blog Posts

By |Saturday, December 28th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the environmental matters that dominated the year, those that captured attention, sparked debate, and influenced the trajectory of environmental policy and innovation. In the spirit of David Letterman’s iconic countdowns, we present a Top ...

7Sep, 2024

Comments on the 2024 Maryland BEPS Regulations

By |Saturday, September 7th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

After this was posted, on January 13, 2025 citizen groups and business associations jointly filed suit in the U.S. District Court against the Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment challenging the Maryland BEPS program as preempted by Federal statute and unenforceable as a ...

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