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Recent Maryland environmental lawyer Articles
President Trump’s Bold Step to Rein in State Overreach in Climate Change
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-04-16T21:04:43-04:00Saturday, April 12th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, climate change, environmental attorney Maryland, Executive Order, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a powerful and consequential Executive Order with the innocuous sounding title, “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.” The impact of that Executive Order will be far broader than the title belies when it targets “burdensome and ...
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 ...
Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M in Blow to Activism
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-24T21:31:06-04:00Saturday, March 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer, environmental attorney Maryland, green building lawyer, Greenpeace, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
In a landmark decision with profound implications for environmental activism and corporate accountability, a North Dakota jury has rendered a verdict requiring Greenpeace to pay over $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. This outcome stems from Greenpeace's ...
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 ...
EPA Transmits California Electric Vehicle Waivers to Congress for Repeal
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-22T17:49:56-05:00Saturday, February 22nd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, electric vehicle, environmental attorney Maryland, EV charger, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Omnibus NOx rules, Stuart Kaplow|
On February 14, 2025, newly appointed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in the Oval Office, alongside President Donald Trump, that the EPA would transmit to Congress requests to repeal of the Biden Administration’s electric vehicle mandates that granted waivers to California. These ...
SEC Reverses Course on Defending its Climate Related Disclosure Rule
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-03-27T20:21:41-04:00Saturday, February 15th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental attorney Maryland, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, SEC Disclosure Related to Climate Change, Stuart Kaplow, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors|
After this was posted, on March 27, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate related risks and greenhouse gas emissions. SEC staff sent a letter to the court stating that the Commission withdraws ...
Reliance Letters: An Essential Part of Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-02-08T18:50:24-05:00Saturday, February 8th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental attorney Maryland, green building law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Phase I, Phase I environmental site assessment, reliance letter, Stuart Kaplow|
In the realm of commercial real estate transactions, due diligence is a critical step in assessing and mitigating risks. One essential component of this process is the Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, which evaluates the environmental contamination on a property. A key document that facilitates ...
Anatomy of an Executive Order: Stopping the Wind
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-01-25T21:08:52-05:00Saturday, January 25th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: drill baby drill, environmental attorney Maryland, green building lawyer, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Maryland Offshore Wind, offshore wind, offshore wind leasing, Stuart Kaplow|
Executive Orders are a vital mechanism for the President of the United States to manage the operations of the federal government. Since George Washington issued the first eight Executive Orders, more than 1,400 have been recorded. Every American President has issued at least one. Codified ...