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Recent Maryland environmental attorney Articles
Why Electricity will be the Number One Environmental Issue of 2026
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-01-06T22:24:29-05:00Saturday, January 3rd, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: batteries, electricity, energy, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, number one environmental issue of 2026, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Exposomics Is the Environmental Issue Business Should Take Seriously
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-12-13T16:57:39-05:00Saturday, December 13th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, exposome, exposomics, Green Globes, indoor air quality, Kaplow, LEED, MAHA, Make America Healthy Again, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
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 ...
Reopening a 10 Year Old Bankruptcy for Environmental Claims to Bring Finality to CERCLA Liability
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-12-06T19:17:30-05:00Saturday, December 6th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: and Liability Act, bankruptcy, CERCLA, Compensation, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Congoleum, environmental lawyer Maryland, In re Congoleum, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow, Superfund|
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 ...
Déjà Vu Again Federal Agencies Move to Restore Clarity in Endangered Species Regulations
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-11-29T15:07:07-05:00Saturday, November 29th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: endangered species act, environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Maryland Nongame and Endangered Species Ac, Stuart Kaplow|
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, ...
Greenwashing Lawsuits Surge in 2025: Navigating the Expanding Risk
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-11-24T07:42:44-05:00Saturday, November 22nd, 2025|Categories: Legal Library|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Green Guides, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
The delicate space of business environmental marketing statements and public disclosures became markedly more treacherous in 2025. From food producers to fashion brands and consumer products to commercial real estate, businesses today face a rapidly expanding universe of greenwashing lawsuits. These claims, once niche and ...
Federal Bank Regulators Withdraw Climate Mandates
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-11-01T16:32:04-04:00Saturday, November 1st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions., Stuart Kaplow|
On October 16, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly “.. announced the withdrawal of their interagency Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions.” This is a positive and, frankly, ...
From Boilerplate to Benchmarking: The New Era of Climate Smart Leases
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-10-25T16:56:05-04:00Saturday, October 25th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Baltimore environmental lawyer, BEPS, climate smart lease, environmental lawyer Maryland, green lease, Kaplow, lease, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
It would be convenient if this were only a prospective conversation about the leases you are about to sign. It isn’t. Tens of thousands of existing leases (many with long renewal terms) are for premises that are subject to greenhouse gas disclosure and reduction laws ...
California Sues Plastic Bag Makers Over “Recyclable”
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-10-19T18:13:31-04:00Saturday, October 18th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building attorney, green building lawyer, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, plastic bag, plastic pollution, recycalable, recycle, Stuart Kaplow|
Last Friday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new front in the state’s ongoing battle against plastic pollution. The Attorney General filed suit against three of the nation’s largest plastic bag manufacturers, Novolex Holdings LLC, Inteplast Group Corp., and Mettler Packaging LLC, alleging that ...