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Recent GHG Articles
Commercial PACE: Filing the Financing Gap for GHG Reductions in Commercial Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-05-21T12:26:12-04:00Saturday, May 20th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Commercial PACE, GHG, Kaplow, PACE, Stuart Kaplow|
As the business world grapples with demands to combat climate change, the role of commercial buildings in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has come into sharp focus. Commercial properties account for a significant portion of global emissions, making it crucial to find innovative ways to fund ...
Maryland Releases Draft GHG Regulations to Implement SB 528
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-05-14T18:22:43-04:00Saturday, May 13th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, direct GHG emissions, GHG, Kaplow, Portfolio Manager, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
In a proactive move toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has today released draft regulations to implement key aspects of Senate Bill 528 of 2022 – The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. This blog ...
Do You Own Your GHG Emission Data?
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-06-26T11:38:28-04:00Sunday, April 16th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, GHG, GHG data, GHG emission data, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas data, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
As governments and businesses alike try to measure their carbon footprint and strive to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to limit the damage caused by climate change, there is increased interest in GHG emissions data. GHG emissions data is hugely important, including that ownership can ...
GHG Emissions Poll Provides Strategies for Business
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-04-09T17:06:23-04:00Saturday, April 8th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, GHG, GHG Emission survey, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
While the term greenhouse gas emissions easily rolls off the tongue these days and there has been a ballooning of net zero GHG commitments by government and non-state actors alike, this is all still a very new idea and in point of fact, as of April 2023, ...
Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-04-21T16:38:39-04:00Sunday, March 26th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, all electric building code, ESG, ESG law, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. All electric building codes ...
We Need to do Better to Reduce Food Waste
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-05-29T17:04:22-04:00Sunday, February 26th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, food waste, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, methane emissions, organic material waste, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
More than one third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting not only the food itself but also the resources used to produce it, creating a multitude of environmental externalities. Food waste is the single most common material landfilled in ...
You can Participate in our Survey on GHG Emission Measurement
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-05T17:42:51-05:00Sunday, February 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, GHG, GHG Emission survey, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
We are currently undertaking a survey to assess and gauge the market uptake of greenhouse gas emission measurement, public claims, and reduction. While the world has seen a ballooning of Net Zero GHG emission commitments by government and non-state actors alike, in particular by businesses in the ...
Does Your Lease Need Greenhouse Gas Provisions?
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-01-24T05:40:51-05:00Sunday, January 22nd, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: building energy performance standard, GHG, green lease, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
Yes. It would be one thing if this topic was only prospective, about leases to be entered into in the future, but the reality is there are very large numbers of existing leases including with renewal terms that are for premises that will be regulated ...