View by Topic
Recent Articles
-
Fourth Circuit Blocks Key Portion of Maryland’s “Electricity Marketing” LawSaturday, May 30th, 2026 -
Historic Low Reservoir Levels in Maryland Reveal Flaws in Modern Stormwater ManagementSaturday, May 23rd, 2026 -
EPA May 2026 PFAS Rollback and What Businesses Must Do NowSaturday, May 16th, 2026 -
Bti Spraying as a Non Essential Aesthetic Solution to Chesapeake Bay MidgesSaturday, May 9th, 2026 -
Endangered Species Act Trumped – The “God Squad” and Gulf EnergySaturday, May 2nd, 2026
View by Month/Year
“Green Building Law Update” Headlines
Recent Articles & News from
Stuart Kaplow’s blog
at GreenBuildingLawUpdate.com
Subscribe to the Green Building Law Update!
Stuart Kaplow brings his expertise and extensive experience to the table with his unique digital publication, "Green Building Law Update". Subscribers receive regular updates to keep them informed about important issues surrounding Environmental Law, Green Building & Real Estate Law, as well as the emerging demand for Environmental Social Governance (ESG).
Get fresh content through the lense of Stuart Kaplow's cutting-edge expertise, innovative commentary and insider perspective. Don't miss another issue! Subscribe below.
Recent Maryland environmental lawyer Articles
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|2026-05-28T04:43:54-04:00Saturday, April 27th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, electricity, environmental attorney Maryland, environmental laws Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental law, Maryland environmental lawyer, MD SB1, SB 1, Senate Bill 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 ...
Ukraine is Now a Real ESG Issue
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-03-05T20:33:50-05:00Saturday, March 5th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social governance, ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, MSCI, Stuart Kaplow|
While there has been near universal condemnation of the war against Ukraine by Russia, and our empathy is unequivocally with the people of Ukraine, this invasion of a sovereign nation, something that echoes the darkest days in European history, today presents an issue of ESG. ...
ESG Poll Results Drive Strategies for Business
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-30T15:59:29-05:00Sunday, January 30th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
The use of ESG to evaluate companies is the cause celebre in early 2022 and while still in an early phase, primitively and ill defined, it is reaching nearly all corners of the economy at a fever pitch. The appeal of ESG is compelling. People ...
ESG may be Fashionable in New York
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T21:56:47-05:00Saturday, January 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act, Maryland environmental lawyer, New York Fashion Act, Stuart Kaplow|
Clothing is worn by almost everyone, almost all of the time. Across the globe, the $1.3 Trillion clothing industry employs more than 300 million people. Over the last 15 years, clothing production worldwide more than doubled and during that period people bought 60% more garments ...