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Recent greenhouse gas Articles
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 ...
Ban the Light Bulb to Repair the World
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-01-15T15:14:37-05:00Sunday, January 15th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: compact fluorescent, ESG, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, LED, light bulb, Stuart Kaplow|
Last month the US Department of Energy, proposed stronger efficiency standards for light bulbs that will effectively phase out compact fluorescent light bulbs and what remnants of incandescent bulbs still remain, replacing them with more energy efficient LEDs. Concomitantly, with that proposed rule making, the ...
Reducing GHG Aiming for Net Zero will be the Environmental Issue of 2023
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-01-01T15:20:58-05:00Sunday, January 1st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: decarbonize, environmental law, ESG, GHG, green building, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
Business owners increasingly understand the need to mitigate climate risk and many companies with forethought are already seizing upon the multi-trillion dollar economic opportunity that accompanies the economy’s transition to Net Zero. Disclosing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing GHG aiming for Net Zero is not ...
Top 10 ESG Blog Posts of 2022
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-12-25T20:44:35-05:00Sunday, December 25th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental law, ESG, ESG law, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
As we look back in this ‘year in review’ at our most read blog posts in 2022, at a time when many have emerged from 2 years of permacrisis to the highs of a future where ESG opportunities are accelerating. This blog is a microcosm ...
Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-04-21T15:42:49-04:00Saturday, December 10th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Building Energy Performance Standards, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, ESG, ESG law, GHG, greenhouse gas, IMT, Kaplow, preemption, Stuart Kaplow|
Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. Businesses can and should treat this as the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our time. Literally resetting the trajectory of Maryland’s ...
Government Proposes Federal Contractors and Their Suppliers Disclose GHG Emissions
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-12-08T10:17:17-05:00Sunday, December 4th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
The Federal government is proposing the Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule, which will require major Federal contractors publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate related financial risks and set emissions reduction targets. The implications of this reach far beyond only Federal contractors impacting ...