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Why Land Subsidence Matters More Than Sea Level Rise
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-05-04T14:40:57-04:00Saturday, February 7th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, land subsidence, Maryland environmental attorney, Mexico City, sea level rise, Stuart Kaplow|
Why Land Subsidence Matters More Than Sea Level Rise When we talk about “sea level rise,” most people immediately think of melting polar ice and warming oceans. But along much of the United States’ Atlantic coast, especially in and around the Chesapeake Bay, that narrative ...
United States Sues Morgan Hill and Petaluma over All Electric Building Laws
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-01-24T20:32:59-05:00Saturday, January 24th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPCA, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Morgan Hill, Petaluma, Stuart Kaplow|
On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the cities of Morgan Hill (Santa Clara County) and Petaluma (Sonoma County), California, challenging local ordinances that effectively ban natural gas infrastructure and gas powered appliances in new buildings. The complaint, docketed ...
Microplastics – The Next Environmental Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-01-11T18:20:43-05:00Saturday, January 10th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, microplastic, Mr. Trash Wheel, nanoplastic, nurdle, Stuart Kaplow|
For decades, environmental law has been built around visible harms: smokestacks, discharge pipes, landfills, and oil spills. We regulate what we can see. Microplastics represent the opposite problem, an environmental threat that is largely invisible, already ubiquitous, and increasingly understood to be biologically active. In ...
Why Electricity will be the Number One Environmental Issue of 2026
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-01-06T22:24:29-05:00Saturday, January 3rd, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: batteries, electricity, energy, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, number one environmental issue of 2026, Stuart Kaplow|
As environmental attorneys, we spend much of our time advising clients on regulatory risk, compliance, and strategic opportunities. Increasingly, those conversations converge on a single issue: energy, specifically electricity. Looking ahead to 2026, electricity is shaping up to be not only the defining environmental issue ...
Exposomics Is the Environmental Issue Business Should Take Seriously
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-12-13T16:57:39-05:00Saturday, December 13th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, exposome, exposomics, Green Globes, indoor air quality, Kaplow, LEED, MAHA, Make America Healthy Again, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
For decades, environmental law focused on the visible and the catastrophic: spills, smokestacks, Superfund sites, and enforcement actions after damage was done. Today, a quieter but far more pervasive environmental issue is moving to the center of serious scientific and commercial attention: exposomics. Businesses should ...
Reopening a 10 Year Old Bankruptcy for Environmental Claims to Bring Finality to CERCLA Liability
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-12-06T19:17:30-05:00Saturday, December 6th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: and Liability Act, bankruptcy, CERCLA, Compensation, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Congoleum, environmental lawyer Maryland, In re Congoleum, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow, Superfund|
Environmental and real estate practitioners spend a great deal of time counseling clients on how to avoid or allocate liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA a/k/a Superfund). For purchasers of property, the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is often the ...
Déjà Vu Again Federal Agencies Move to Restore Clarity in Endangered Species Regulations
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-11-29T15:07:07-05:00Saturday, November 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: endangered species act, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Maryland Nongame and Endangered Species Ac, Stuart Kaplow|
Just before Thanksgiving, while most Americans were preparing for turkey and stuffing, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service set the table for a major regulatory reset under the Endangered Species Act. And no, turkeys are not threatened or endangered, ...
Greenwashing Lawsuits Surge in 2025: Navigating the Expanding Risk
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-11-24T07:42:44-05:00Saturday, November 22nd, 2025|Categories: Legal Library|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Green Guides, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
The delicate space of business environmental marketing statements and public disclosures became markedly more treacherous in 2025. From food producers to fashion brands and consumer products to commercial real estate, businesses today face a rapidly expanding universe of greenwashing lawsuits. These claims, once niche and ...