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Recent Maryland BEPS Articles
Heat Pump Shipments are Down this Year for Good Reason
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-12-14T22:18:53-05:00Saturday, December 14th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental attorney Maryland, heat pump, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
Despite generous incentives from the Biden administration residential heat pump shipments are down this year. A leading daily American newspaper reported in a front page story “heat pump sales, critical to the transition to clean energy, have slowed in the U.S. and stalled in Europe.” ...
Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Gas Appliance Ban and Net Zero Building Code
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-27T13:24:45-04:00Saturday, October 26th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all elctric building, BEPS, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, gas appliance ban, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, National Apartment Association, National Association of Home Builders, preemption, Restaurant Law Center, Stuart Kaplow, Washington Gas Light Company|
A lawsuit worthy of attention has been filed seeking to halt the implementation of Washington D.C.’s gas appliance ban and net zero building code. That complaint is nearly identical to the litigation commenced on the same day last week against Montgomery County, Maryland seeking to stop ...
Federal Court Reinstates Greenwashing Case Over Aspirational Statements
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-12T19:34:57-04:00Saturday, October 12th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act, Earth Island Institute, Earth Island Institute v. The Coca-Cola Company, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Stuart Kaplow|
A recent ruling from a federal appellate court is bringing new attention to claims of greenwashing including specifically that a business’s aspiration statements about environmental matters (e.g., “we will be net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or “we will use at least 50% recycled ...
Comments on the 2024 Maryland BEPS Regulations
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-01-14T10:24:31-05:00Saturday, September 7th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, Building Energy Performance Standards, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental lawyer Maryland, EUI, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
After this was posted, on January 13, 2025 citizen groups and business associations jointly filed suit in the U.S. District Court against the Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment challenging the Maryland BEPS program as preempted by Federal statute and unenforceable as a ...
City Cannot Ban Natural Gas so it Will Tax it Out of Existence
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-09T15:11:49-05:00Saturday, August 10th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, City of Berkeley, EPCA, Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, Maryland BEPS, natural gas ban, preempted|
After this was posted, in the November 5th election, Berkeley, California, voters overwhelming defeated, with more than 68% of citizens voting against the citizen initiative Measure GG, The Large Buildings Fossil Fuel Emissions Tax, described below. After being told by the courts that its attempts ...
New Draft Reproposed Maryland BEPS Regulations Require Net Zero by 2040
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-12-19T18:32:34-05:00Saturday, July 27th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, energy use intensity, EUI, Executive Order 01.01.2024.19, GHG, greenhouse gas, Maryland BEPS, net direct greenhouse gas|
After this blog was posted, Maryland published the Notice of Final Action for COMAR 26.28 Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). The regulations described below will be final and effective on December 23, 2024. The Notice is available here. After this was posted, on September 6, 2024, the ...
Protecting Gas Stoves from the Government Headed to the Ballot
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-07-06T17:51:55-04:00Saturday, July 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, gas stove, Initiative 2066, Maryland BEPS, natural gas ban|
With 431,063 signatures submitted on July 2, 2024, to the Washington Secretary of State’s office, it is all but certain that a voter initiative will be on the November ballot to prevent the state from banning natural gas in homes and businesses. Initiative 2066 would ...
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 ...