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Greenwashing Is Still a Thing – Tractor Supply Judgment Shows Environmental Marketing Claims Are Being Prosecuted
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-08-15T17:55:52-04:00Saturday, August 15th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: biodegradable, environmental lawyer Maryland, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
Greenwashing claims are still a thing, and businesses should treat them as a legal compliance issue, not merely a public relations concern. That point was underscored last week when Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez announced that Tractor Supply West, LLC entered into a stipulated ...
Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis – The Era of Potable Water Bankruptcy Has Arrived
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-08-08T19:41:35-04:00Saturday, August 8th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: drought, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Puerto Rico, rationing, Stuart Kaplow, water bankruptcy|
Environmental law has in large measure focused on pollution: the contaminated river, the leaking underground tank, the smokestack, the Superfund site. But an equally consequential environmental problem is emerging when there is simply not enough water in the needed locales. Puerto Rico is now providing ...
Radon – Test and Decide for Yourself
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-25T19:14:53-04:00Saturday, July 25th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, radon, Stuart Kaplow|
Radon is a real health risk. It is also an area where education and informed decision making are far more effective than additional government mandates. Approximately 21,000 Americans die each year from radon induced lung cancer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Radon is ...
Roll Back of Endangered Species Habitat Regulation by Rescinding the Definition of “Harm”
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-18T18:31:29-04:00Saturday, July 18th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: endangered species act, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Maryland Nongame and Endangered Species Ac|
For decades, federal agencies interpreted a single word in the 1973 Endangered Species Act, "harm" far beyond its ordinary meaning. On July 14, 2026, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service corrected that course by rescinding the regulatory definition that had ...
The Supreme Court’s Monsanto Decision – Why Businesses Far Beyond the Herbicide Industry Should Pay Attention
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-06T05:54:12-04:00Sunday, July 5th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Monsanto, Roundup, Stuart Kaplow, supremacy clause|
The U.S. Supreme Court's June 25, 2026, decision in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell is being reported in the mass media as another chapter in the long running Roundup mass tort litigation. That characterization misses the larger story about the Court amassing power for itself and ...
California Extended Producer Responsibility Law Challenged in Federal Court
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-06-27T21:14:24-04:00Saturday, June 27th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, SB 54, Stuart Kaplow|
California’s experiment with extended producer responsibility (EPR) has finally met significant resistance. Seventeen states, joined by the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors, have filed suit in federal court challenging California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, which was SB 54. The case, State ...
Potassium Bromate Is Banned Abroad. Will it continue to be in American Pizza and Bagels?
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-06-13T16:04:46-04:00Saturday, June 13th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, exposomics, Kaplow, MAHA, Maryland environmental attorney, Potassium Bromate, Stuart Kaplow|
For most Americans, choosing what to eat is a matter of taste, convenience, and cost. Increasingly, however, it is also a matter of informed risk management. As an environmental attorney who spends much of his professional life evaluating scientific evidence, regulatory trends, and long term ...
SEC to Entirely Withdraw Contentious Climate Disclosure Rules
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-06-06T16:28:49-04:00Saturday, June 6th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Baltimore environmental lawyer, Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, environmental lawyer Maryland, GHG emission, greenhouse gas emissions, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, SEC Disclosure Related to Climate Change, Stuart Kaplow|
Last Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally proposed to entirely rescind its rules that require companies to provide climate change related information in their registration statements and annual reports. While the contentious climate rules never took effect, the Commission’s proposal focuses on returning the ...