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Recent Maryland environmental attorney Articles

28Feb, 2026

Tokenization of Real Estate – The Maldives Eco Friendly Resort Offering

By |Saturday, February 28th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Real estate has long been characterized by friction: high minimum investments, illiquidity, opaque capital stacks, and access largely reserved for institutions. Tokenization challenges that paradigm. A new Maldives resort development provides a real world learning opportunity for how this financial architecture is evolving, and why ...

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14Feb, 2026

Climate Change Chapter Omitted from Federal Courts Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence

By |Saturday, February 14th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

On February 6, 2026, the Federal Judicial Center, the research and education arm of the federal judiciary, omitted (i.e., withdrew) a chapter from the newest edition of its reference manual on scientific evidence that addressed climate change. The climate chapter had been criticized as a ...

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7Feb, 2026

Why Land Subsidence Matters More Than Sea Level Rise

By |Saturday, February 7th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

Why Land Subsidence Matters More Than Sea Level Rise When we talk about “sea level rise,” most people immediately think of melting polar ice and warming oceans. But along much of the United States’ Atlantic coast, especially in and around the Chesapeake Bay, that narrative ...

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24Jan, 2026

United States Sues Morgan Hill and Petaluma over All Electric Building Laws

By |Saturday, January 24th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the cities of Morgan Hill (Santa Clara County) and Petaluma (Sonoma County), California, challenging local ordinances that effectively ban natural gas infrastructure and gas powered appliances in new buildings. The complaint, docketed ...

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3Jan, 2026

Why Electricity will be the Number One Environmental Issue of 2026

By |Saturday, January 3rd, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

As environmental attorneys, we spend much of our time advising clients on regulatory risk, compliance, and strategic opportunities. Increasingly, those conversations converge on a single issue: energy, specifically electricity. Looking ahead to 2026, electricity is shaping up to be not only the defining environmental issue ...

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13Dec, 2025

Exposomics Is the Environmental Issue Business Should Take Seriously

By |Saturday, December 13th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

For decades, environmental law focused on the visible and the catastrophic: spills, smokestacks, Superfund sites, and enforcement actions after damage was done. Today, a quieter but far more pervasive environmental issue is moving to the center of serious scientific and commercial attention: exposomics. Businesses should ...

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6Dec, 2025

Reopening a 10 Year Old Bankruptcy for Environmental Claims to Bring Finality to CERCLA Liability

By |Saturday, December 6th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Environmental and real estate practitioners spend a great deal of time counseling clients on how to avoid or allocate liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA a/k/a Superfund). For purchasers of property, the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is often the ...

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29Nov, 2025

Déjà Vu Again Federal Agencies Move to Restore Clarity in Endangered Species Regulations

By |Saturday, November 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

Just before Thanksgiving, while most Americans were preparing for turkey and stuffing, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service set the table for a major regulatory reset under the Endangered Species Act. And no, turkeys are not threatened or endangered, ...

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