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Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis – The Era of Potable Water Bankruptcy Has Arrived
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-08-08T19:41:35-04:00Saturday, August 8th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: drought, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Puerto Rico, rationing, Stuart Kaplow, water bankruptcy|
Environmental law has in large measure focused on pollution: the contaminated river, the leaking underground tank, the smokestack, the Superfund site. But an equally consequential environmental problem is emerging when there is simply not enough water in the needed locales. Puerto Rico is now providing ...
Commercial Space Launch Reform – FAA Proposal Will Cut Years from Licensing Approvals
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-08-13T17:59:03-04:00Saturday, August 1st, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: commercial space launch, Commercial Space Launch Act, environmental attorney Maryland, FAA, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, NASA, space launch, space licensing, Stuart Kaplow, Wallops, Wallops Flight Facility|
The United States is in the midst of a new space race. Unlike the Apollo era, this competition is driven not only by governments but by private companies launching communication satellites, developing reusable rockets, planning lunar missions, and even envisioning data centers in low Earth ...
Radon – Test and Decide for Yourself
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-25T19:14:53-04:00Saturday, July 25th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, radon, Stuart Kaplow|
Radon is a real health risk. It is also an area where education and informed decision making are far more effective than additional government mandates. Approximately 21,000 Americans die each year from radon induced lung cancer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Radon is ...
Roll Back of Endangered Species Habitat Regulation by Rescinding the Definition of “Harm”
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-18T18:31:29-04:00Saturday, July 18th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: endangered species act, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Maryland Nongame and Endangered Species Ac|
For decades, federal agencies interpreted a single word in the 1973 Endangered Species Act, "harm" far beyond its ordinary meaning. On July 14, 2026, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service corrected that course by rescinding the regulatory definition that had ...
Rollback of Federal Appliance Efficiency Standards Happening – What Businesses Need to Know
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-13T05:03:30-04:00Saturday, July 11th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: dishwasher, environmental attorney Maryland, EPCA, gas stove, green building lawyer, green new scam, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
The U.S. Department of Energy has proposed one of the most significant changes to federal appliance regulation in decades. While much of the public debate has focused on dishwashers and gas stoves, the proposal has implications far beyond the kitchen. Manufacturers, builders, retailers, property owners, ...
The Supreme Court’s Monsanto Decision – Why Businesses Far Beyond the Herbicide Industry Should Pay Attention
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-07-06T05:54:12-04:00Sunday, July 5th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Monsanto, Roundup, Stuart Kaplow, supremacy clause|
The U.S. Supreme Court's June 25, 2026, decision in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell is being reported in the mass media as another chapter in the long running Roundup mass tort litigation. That characterization misses the larger story about the Court amassing power for itself and ...
California Extended Producer Responsibility Law Challenged in Federal Court
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-06-27T21:14:24-04:00Saturday, June 27th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, SB 54, Stuart Kaplow|
California’s experiment with extended producer responsibility (EPR) has finally met significant resistance. Seventeen states, joined by the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors, have filed suit in federal court challenging California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, which was SB 54. The case, State ...
Clean Water Act Citizen Suits Face Higher Burden After Fourth Circuit PFAS Ruling
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-06-20T14:50:04-04:00Saturday, June 20th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Chemours, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, PFAS, PFOS, Stuart Kaplow, The Chemours Company FC, West Virginia Rivers Coalition|
Businesses facing PFAS compliance challenges received an important victory in a court decision this month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that had barred The Chemours Company from discharging PFAS compounds above permit limits into the Ohio ...