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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 ...
Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M in Blow to Activism
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-24T21:31:06-04:00Saturday, March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer, environmental attorney Maryland, green building lawyer, Greenpeace, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
The Most Consequential Day of Environmental Deregulation in American History
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-15T19:03:46-04:00Saturday, March 15th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Energy Star, environmental attorney Maryland, EPA, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Lee Zeldin, Maryland BEPS, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
States Challenge Validity of New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-08T17:22:26-05:00Saturday, March 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, climate change, Climate Change Superfund Act, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
EPA Transmits California Electric Vehicle Waivers to Congress for Repeal
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-22T17:49:56-05:00Saturday, February 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, electric vehicle, environmental attorney Maryland, EV charger, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Omnibus NOx rules, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Anatomy of an Executive Order: Stopping the Wind
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-01-25T21:08:52-05:00Saturday, January 25th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: drill baby drill, environmental attorney Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Maryland Offshore Wind, offshore wind, offshore wind leasing, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...