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Recent scope 3 GHG Articles
Australia’s High Court Puts Scope 3 GHG Emissions Back on the U.S. Business Risk Map
By Stuart Kaplow|2026-10-17T18:53:17-04:00Saturday, October 17th, 2026|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, greenhouse gas emissions, Kaplow, MACH Energy, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental attorney, Milieudefensie v. Shell, scope 3 GHG, Stuart Kaplow|
Many American businesses welcomed the SEC’s retreat from proposed Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting. But an Australian High Court decision shows why value chain emissions remain a material legal risk. The court invalidated a coal mine expansion approval because the planning authority failed to ...
Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-20T18:13:54-04:00Saturday, June 11th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, SB 528, scope 3 GHG, Stuart Kaplow|
With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject ...
SEC Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules on ESG Related Disclosures
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-09T21:15:06-04:00Sunday, May 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, GHG, Kaplow, scope 3 GHG, SEC|
On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reopened the public comment periods, for 14 days from the day the notice is published in the Federal Register, for 11 of its rulemaking releases, some of them viewed as controversial including the rule discussed ...
A Quick Refresher on the Science of Greenhouse Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-25T06:50:18-04:00Saturday, May 21st, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, SB 528, scope 3 GHG, SEC, Stuart Kaplow|
With the federal government and state of Maryland each having announced within days of each other, the mandated disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we have received, maybe not surprising, many calls in the last two weeks inquiring “what are GHGs?” and “what are Scope ...







