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Baltimore’s Climate Change Lawsuit Dismissed
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-07-13T16:54:01-04:00Saturday, July 13th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BP P.L.C., climate change, climate change lawsuit dead, Judge Videtta Brown, Kaplow, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. BP P.L.C., Stuart Kaplow|
In an unprecedented decision, a state court has dismissed a lawsuit “for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted” by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore against 25 major fossil fuel companies, which alleged the companies are responsible for a ...
High Court Curbs EPA to Protect Environment
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-07-01T06:24:13-04:00Saturday, June 29th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Federal Implementation Plan, good neighbor plan, ground level ozone, Kaplow, Ohio v EPA, Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency, Stuart Kaplow, upwind states|
The Supreme Court decision in Ohio et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al. is a significant victory for environmental protection while reigning in the power of federal agencies. Among the blockbuster decisions issued in this term, the Court granted this application for a stay, ...
Maryland Governor Mandates Climate Action by Executive Order
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-06-22T16:45:00-04:00Saturday, June 22nd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, maryland department of environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, Maryland's Climate Pollution Reduction Plan, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier this month, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an Executive Order leapfrogging Maryland to the front of all state climate efforts. No other government has enacted such a sweeping statewide green transition. The Maryland Governor’s June 4th, 2024, Executive Order 01.01.2024.19 is summarized below: Stated ...
Warning Labels on Gas Stoves?
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-06-17T07:21:01-04:00Saturday, June 15th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, gas stove, GE Appliances, Haier US, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, U.S. PIRG|
A novel lawsuit is seeking to have a court order manufacturers to warn consumers that normal operation of its gas stoves produces air pollution at levels that can be harmful to human health. Last week the U.S. PIRG Education Fund filed a lawsuit in the District of ...
Offshore Wind Progress in Maryland
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-26T06:50:35-04:00Saturday, June 8th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, Ocean City lawsuit, offshore wind, renewable energy, Stuart Kaplow, US Wind, wind power, wind project, wind turbine|
After this article was posted, on October 25, 2024, the Town of Ocean City and a confederation of other plaintiffs including the Town Council of Fenwick Island, and the Worcester County Commissioners, filed suit in federal court against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management challenging ...
20 States Sue in Supreme Court to Block Climate Tort Actions by California and Others
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-28T06:07:54-04:00Tuesday, May 28th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, climate tort, horizontal separation of powers, Kaplow, steve marshall, Stuart Kaplow|
Last Thursday 20 states filed suit in the U.S. Supreme Court against 5 other states claiming that defendant states’ attempts to dictate the future of the American energy policy through state tort actions, disrupt energy access and threaten federalism. More eloquently stated, more than 100 ...
Solar Panel Tariffs: A Roadblock to Renewable Energy Uptake in the U.S.?
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-19T05:51:25-04:00Saturday, May 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, onsite renewable energy, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, tariff, Trade Act of 1974, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
Much attention has been paid to the Biden Administration's announcement last week of 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, however with only a few thousand Chinese EVs ever exported to the U.S., barely breaking 1% of U.S. EV sales, that duty is more election year ...
Appeals Court Finds Climate Change is Not Justiciable
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-11T18:33:03-04:00Saturday, May 11th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, environmental attorney Maryland, Juliana v USA, Juliana v. United States, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, not justiciable, Stuart Kaplow|
The environmental climate change case that has attracted the most attention, Juliana v. United States has come to an unceremonious end and all Americans should be concerned. On May 1, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered, “The district court is instructed to dismiss ...