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Recent environmental lawyer Maryland Articles
From Boilerplate to Benchmarking: The New Era of Climate Smart Leases
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-10-25T16:56:05-04:00Saturday, October 25th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Baltimore environmental lawyer, BEPS, climate smart lease, environmental lawyer Maryland, green lease, Kaplow, lease, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
It would be convenient if this were only a prospective conversation about the leases you are about to sign. It isn’t. Tens of thousands of existing leases (many with long renewal terms) are for premises that are subject to greenhouse gas disclosure and reduction laws ...
California Sues Plastic Bag Makers Over “Recyclable”
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-10-19T18:13:31-04:00Saturday, October 18th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building attorney, green building lawyer, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, plastic bag, plastic pollution, recycalable, recycle, Stuart Kaplow|
Last Friday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new front in the state’s ongoing battle against plastic pollution. The Attorney General filed suit against three of the nation’s largest plastic bag manufacturers, Novolex Holdings LLC, Inteplast Group Corp., and Mettler Packaging LLC, alleging that ...
Inhalers and the Planet: Breathing Room in Environmental Policy
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-10-11T14:25:38-04:00Saturday, October 11th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: dry powder inhalers, environmental lawyer Maryland, global warming, inhaler, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, soft mist inhaler, Stuart Kaplow|
The mainstream press was quick to report this week on a startling new study out of UCLA: inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) produce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars on the road each year. Published on October 6, ...
When Less Regulation Means Better Outcomes: EPA’s Poultry Effluent Rule Withdrawal Explained
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-09-06T18:21:00-04:00Saturday, September 6th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Make America Healthy Again, Maryland environmental attorney, Meat and Poultry Products Effluent Limit Revisions, Poultry Effluent Rule, Stuart Kaplow|
As environmental attorneys, we are often asked to assist clients in the balance between environmental protection, regulatory authority, and the broader socio economic impacts of government decisions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s September 3, 2025 withdrawal of its proposed rule revising “effluent limitations guidelines” for ...
Mold in the John Hanson House: Court Preserves Government Immunity at the Expense of Human Health
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-07-12T18:44:30-04:00Saturday, July 12th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Candace McCarthy, environmental lawyer Maryland, John Hanson, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, mold, mold regulation, SB 856, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier this month, the Maryland Appellate Court issued a controversial ruling in Candace McCarthy v. Board of Commissioners for Frederick County, Maryland, holding that Frederick County is immune from a negligence claim stemming from mold exposure in the historic John Hanson House. The decision, issued ...
Fireworks and the Law: A Rare Case of Regulatory Restraint in Environmental Protection
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-07-03T17:24:57-04:00Thursday, July 3rd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, fireworks, green building law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
In the storied words of John Adams in his July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time ...
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 ...
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 ...