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U.S. Transportation Department Suing to Stop California EV Mandate
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-03-14T19:50:27-04:00Saturday, March 14th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: CAFE standards, CO2 emissions, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPCA, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Stuart Kaplow|
The U.S. Department of Transportation filed a lawsuit last Thursday that may reshape the regulatory landscape not only for vehicles, but also climate policy, and even energy use across the country. Be assured, this litigation is about far more than only electric vehicles in California. ...
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 ...
NYC Building Electrification Ruling is Interesting But Not a Game Changer
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-29T19:05:33-04:00Saturday, March 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPCA, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Local Law 154, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Ronnie Abrams, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Citizens and Businesses Join Suing Maryland to Halt BEPS
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-01-15T11:41:35-05:00Monday, January 13th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 1:25-cv-113, BEPS, building energy performance standard, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, EPCA, EUI, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland Building Industry Association, Serena Coleman McIlwain, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier today citizen groups representing the interests of thousands of residents and business associations with thousands of members filed suit in the U.S. District Court against the Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment challenging the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) program as ...
Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Gas Appliance Ban and Net Zero Building Code
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-27T13:24:45-04:00Saturday, October 26th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all elctric building, BEPS, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, gas appliance ban, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, National Apartment Association, National Association of Home Builders, preemption, Restaurant Law Center, Stuart Kaplow, Washington Gas Light Company|
A lawsuit worthy of attention has been filed seeking to halt the implementation of Washington D.C.’s gas appliance ban and net zero building code. That complaint is nearly identical to the litigation commenced on the same day last week against Montgomery County, Maryland seeking to stop ...
Lawsuit Charges Montgomery County Gas Appliance Ban is Preempted and Void
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-06T12:06:39-05:00Friday, October 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, all electric building code, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, D.C. appliance ban, decarbonization, EPCA, Kaplow, Montgomery County, natural gas ban, preemption, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier today more than half a dozen business and labor groups filed suit seeking a permanent injunctive against enforcement of Montgomery County, Maryland Bill 13-22: Buildings - Comprehensive Building Decarbonization, which bans the use of gas appliances in new construction. A partnership of business and ...
City Cannot Ban Natural Gas so it Will Tax it Out of Existence
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-09T15:11:49-05:00Saturday, August 10th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, City of Berkeley, EPCA, Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, Maryland BEPS, natural gas ban, preempted|
After this was posted, in the November 5th election, Berkeley, California, voters overwhelming defeated, with more than 68% of citizens voting against the citizen initiative Measure GG, The Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, described below. After being told by the courts that its attempts ...
Federal Government Finalizes New Efficiency Standards for Lightbulbs
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-04-13T20:57:07-04:00Saturday, April 13th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: CFL, EPCA, general service lamps, incandescent light, Kaplow, LED, light emitting diodes, Stuart Kaplow|
One hundred and forty three years after Thomas Edison received his patent for the incandescent lamp, the most important invention in history, illuminating the way for the universal use of electric light, last Friday the U.S. Department of Energy finalized new energy efficiency standards for ...