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5Apr, 2025

Mandatory GHG Disclosures in Maryland Real Estate Contracts

By |Saturday, April 5th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Maryland law now requires specified greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and exchange of performance data in a contract of sale for buildings subject to the state’s Building Energy Performance Standards. Failure to comply with the regulation can have significant financial and legal consequences. Maryland has quietly ...

29Mar, 2025

NYC Building Electrification Ruling is Interesting But Not a Game Changer

By |Saturday, March 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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 ...

22Mar, 2025

Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M in Blow to Activism

By |Saturday, March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In a landmark decision with profound implications for environmental activism and corporate accountability, a North Dakota jury has rendered a verdict requiring Greenpeace to pay over $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. This outcome stems from Greenpeace's ...

15Mar, 2025

The Most Consequential Day of Environmental Deregulation in American History

By |Saturday, March 15th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced last Thursday, “Yesterday was the most consequential day of deregulation in American history. Alongside President Trump, we announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will take 31 actions to advance his day-one executive orders and power the Great American Comeback.” I ...

8Mar, 2025

States Challenge Validity of New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act

By |Saturday, March 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The recent enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act in New York has set the stage for a significant legal battle over the scope of state authority to impose financial responsibility for purported climate related damages. The outcome of this litigation could have far reaching ...

22Feb, 2025

EPA Transmits California Electric Vehicle Waivers to Congress for Repeal

By |Saturday, February 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On February 14, 2025, newly appointed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in the Oval Office, alongside President Donald Trump, that the EPA would transmit to Congress requests to repeal of the Biden Administration’s electric vehicle mandates that granted waivers to California. These ...

25Jan, 2025

Anatomy of an Executive Order: Stopping the Wind

By |Saturday, January 25th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Executive Orders are a vital mechanism for the President of the United States to manage the operations of the federal government. Since George Washington issued the first eight Executive Orders, more than 1,400 have been recorded. Every American President has issued at least one. Codified ...

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