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NYC Building Electrification Ruling is Interesting But Not a Game Changer
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-29T19:05:33-04:00Saturday, March 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPCA, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Local Law 154, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Ronnie Abrams, Stuart Kaplow|
On March 18, 2025, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York handed down a ruling in Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York, Inc. et al. v. City of New York, dismissing a challenge to New York City’s Local ...
States Challenge Validity of New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-08T17:22:26-05:00Saturday, March 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, climate change, Climate Change Superfund Act, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
The recent enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act in New York has set the stage for a significant legal battle over the scope of state authority to impose financial responsibility for purported climate related damages. The outcome of this litigation could have far reaching ...
House Votes to Protect the Hot Water Heater in Your House
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-02T16:48:37-05:00Saturday, March 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Congressional Review Act, Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building law, hot water heater, House Joint Resolution 20, Kaplow, make America green again, Maryland environmental attorney, residential water heater, Stuart Kaplow|
On the day after Christmas, in its last days, the Biden administration published a final rule that was effectively a ban on most fossil fueled residential hot water heaters. Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution nullifying the rule. House Joint Resolution ...
Reverse Greenwashing: The Battle Over ExxonMobil’s Recycling
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-01T14:41:36-05:00Saturday, February 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Exxon Mobil v Bonta, green building law, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, reverse greenwashing, Stuart Kaplow|
In the devolving discourse on the role of businesses in climate change responsibility, we are witnessing an unusual, but likely positive phenomenon, "reverse greenwashing." Traditionally, greenwashing refers to businesses exaggerating or fabricating their environmental initiatives to appear more sustainable. Reverse greenwashing, however, occurs when environmental ...
Top 10 (or 12!) List of Environmental Blog Posts
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-12-30T13:48:18-05:00Saturday, December 28th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: clean heat standard, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow, zero emission heating equipment|
As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the environmental matters that dominated the year, those that captured attention, sparked debate, and influenced the trajectory of environmental policy and innovation. In the spirit of David Letterman’s iconic countdowns, we present a Top ...