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Solar Panel Tariffs: A Roadblock to Renewable Energy Uptake in the U.S.?
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-19T05:51:25-04:00Saturday, May 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, onsite renewable energy, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, tariff, Trade Act of 1974, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
Much attention has been paid to the Biden Administration's announcement last week of 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, however with only a few thousand Chinese EVs ever exported to the U.S., barely breaking 1% of U.S. EV sales, that duty is more election year ...
Solar Panels may be Hazardous Waste No More
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-11-19T21:06:17-05:00Saturday, November 18th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, universal waste|
Solar panels provide clean energy from the sun, and their prevalence as an energy source has been growing dramatically. In 2020, solar panels provided about 40% of new U.S. electric generation capacity, compared to just 4% in 2010. Overall, more than 3% of electricity in the United States was ...
US Imposes Duties on Southeast Asia Solar Panel Makers Evading China Tariffs
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-09-03T17:51:08-04:00Sunday, September 3rd, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
On August 18, 2023, the United States government announced that solar panels, cells, and modules completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam using components from China and exported to the U.S., are circumventing the more than decade old antidumping tariffs on solar panels from China. ...
Two China Based Companies Banned as a Result of Forced Labor
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-08-06T17:19:15-04:00Saturday, August 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: forced labor, Kaplow, modern slavery, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, Uyghur, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
The increasing number of businesses concerned about modern slavery in their supply chain are paying attention to the U.S. government's announcement of new enforcement actions “.. to eliminate the use of forced labor practices in the U.S. supply chain and promote accountability for the ongoing ...
More Than 1,000 Shipments of Solar Panels Seized at the Border
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-04-30T17:56:02-04:00Sunday, April 30th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow, Uyghur, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
More than $1 Billion of shipments have been interdicted by the U.S. government under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act since that law became effective last June 21. “ .. underscoring our commitment to combating forced labor everywhere, including in Xinjiang, where genocide and crimes against humanity ...
Non Profits can Receive a Direct Payment for 30% of Their Solar Energy System Costs
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-19T19:17:16-05:00Sunday, February 19th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, non profit, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
Despite that The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was signed into law last August 16 and that it is a broad and wide legislative effort that does a lot in more than 500 pages from lowing prescription drug prices to investing in clean energy, the ...
Selling the Sun: Sale of a House with Solar Panels is Fraught with Peril
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-09T19:37:04-04:00Sunday, October 9th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, sale of a house with solar, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
There are more than 3 Million houses in the U.S. with solar panels installed on the roof. The Inflation Protection Act of 2022 extended the 30% federal tax credit for residential solar panels through 2034 which is predicted to more than triple that number of ...
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to be Enforced June 21
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-06-12T18:37:20-04:00Sunday, June 12th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Customs and Border Protection, ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, solar panel, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Xinjiang|
Congress passed, and on December 23, 2021 President Biden signed into law, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The new law that will be enforced beginning June 21, 2022 has implications for imported cotton and tomatoes and most significantly for solar panels. The Act, codified ...