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Recent Maryland Department of the Environment Articles
BEPS Redux: The Most Far Reaching Environmental Legislation of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-05-08T05:21:27-04:00Saturday, May 3rd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, decarbonization, Energy Star, environmental lawyer Maryland, HB 49, House Bill 49, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland environmental attorney, MDE, Portfolio Manager, Stuart Kaplow|
There is little doubt that House Bill 49, enacted on the final day of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session, stands as the most consequential environmental legislation to emerge this year, perhaps the most impactful since the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. This sweeping ...
Mandatory GHG Disclosures in Maryland Real Estate Contracts
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-04-05T17:31:05-04:00Saturday, April 5th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental attorney Maryland, GHG disclosures, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, Maryland real estate contracts, Stuart Kaplow|
Maryland law now requires specified greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and exchange of performance data in a contract of sale for buildings subject to the state’s Building Energy Performance Standards. Failure to comply with the regulation can have significant financial and legal consequences. Maryland has quietly ...
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 ...
Maryland Government is Coming for Your Fossil Fuel Appliances – Again
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-28T17:12:01-05:00Saturday, November 23rd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: clean heat standard, climate change, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Stuart Kaplow, Zero-Emission Heating Equipment Standard|
Maryland is proposing to ban fossil fuel burning equipment in buildings (e.g., furnaces, boilers, water heaters, clothing dryers, etc.) with two new programs, a Clean Heat Standard and Zero-Emission Heating Equipment Standard. Flying in the face of what is being done elsewhere across the country ...