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Comments on the 2024 Maryland BEPS Regulations
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-12-19T18:30:59-05:00Saturday, September 7th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, Building Energy Performance Standards, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental lawyer Maryland, EUI, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
After this article was posted, Maryland published the Notice of Final Action for COMAR 26.28 Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). The regulations described below will be final and effective on December 23, 2024. The Notice is available here. On September 6, 2024, the Maryland Department ...
California to Delay Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-14T17:18:33-04:00Saturday, August 31st, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, Climate Related Financial Risk, Corporate Data Accountability Act, environmental attorney Maryland, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, SB 219, Stuart Kaplow|
After this was posted, on September 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 219 into law, making changes to California's climate accountability package enacted last year, as described below. In a move that signals a significant shift in the pace of climate reporting laws, ...
Balancing Environmental Justice: A Landmark Ruling in Louisiana
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-08-24T18:01:07-04:00Saturday, August 24th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental attorney Maryland, environmental justice, environmental laws Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
Last Thursday, the Federal Court in Lake Charles, Louisiana, issued a judgment that may have far reaching implications for environmental justice across the United States. The court granted the State of Louisiana permanent relief, enjoining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice ...
Maryland Governor Mandates Climate Action by Executive Order
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-06-22T16:45:00-04:00Saturday, June 22nd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, maryland department of environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, Maryland's Climate Pollution Reduction Plan, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier this month, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an Executive Order leapfrogging Maryland to the front of all state climate efforts. No other government has enacted such a sweeping statewide green transition. The Maryland Governor’s June 4th, 2024, Executive Order 01.01.2024.19 is summarized below: Stated ...
Appeals Court Finds Climate Change is Not Justiciable
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-11T18:33:03-04:00Saturday, May 11th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, environmental attorney Maryland, Juliana v USA, Juliana v. United States, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, not justiciable, Stuart Kaplow|
The environmental climate change case that has attracted the most attention, Juliana v. United States has come to an unceremonious end and all Americans should be concerned. On May 1, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered, “The district court is instructed to dismiss ...
Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Laws Challenged
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-04T19:38:31-04:00Saturday, May 4th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, Energize Denver Ordinance, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Regulation 28, Stuart Kaplow|
Two Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) laws were challenged last week in a much anticipated lawsuit commenced in the United States District Court for Colorado. The lawsuit mirrors a successful ‘substantially similar’ federal court ruling last year that voided a natural gas ban in ...
New Environmental Laws from the 2024 Maryland Legislative Session
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-03T08:00:13-04:00Saturday, April 27th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental attorney Maryland, environmental laws Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental law, Maryland environmental lawyer, SB 1, Stuart Kaplow|
The 446th session of the Maryland General Assembly concluded on April 8, 2024. With 1,052 bills and one resolution passed by the legislature, the governor has already signed 120 bills into law and has until May 28 to sign or veto the remainder of the ...
New Maryland Regulation all but Shuts Down Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-06T06:44:21-04:00Saturday, August 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: COMAR 26.10.08.01, Kaplow, maryland department of environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, MDE notice, PFOA, PFOS, Phase ll environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow|
The Maryland Department of the Environment has adopted regulations for the first time requiring the person conducting an environmental assessment, even when they are not the owner of the property (e.g., possibly a prospective contract purchaser of land or a consultant engaged in a lending ...