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Recent Stuart Kaplow Articles
Voters Save Gas Stoves from Government Ban Portending More ..
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-13T19:23:26-05:00Saturday, November 9th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, BEPS, decarbonization, environmental attorney Maryland, gas stove, HB 1589, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Measure No. 2066, Stuart Kaplow|
While many Americans were focused on the presidential election last Tuesday, citizens from Washington State and others interested in energy were paying attention to a successful Washington voter initiative protecting access to natural gas for homes and businesses, including preventing regulatory actions to limit access ...
Ocean City and Others File Lawsuit to Reverse Offshore Wind Approval
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-06T09:28:17-05:00Thursday, October 31st, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 1:24-cv-03111, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Kaplow, Maryland, Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, North Atlantic Right Whale, Ocean City lawsuit, offshore wind, Stuart Kaplow, Town of Ocean City, US Wind, US Wind Inc|
A significant lawsuit was filed last week asking the Federal Court for an order “holding unlawful, vacating, and setting aside [the] September 4, 2024 decision approving the Construction and Operations Plan for the Maryland Offshore Wind Project,” the first phase of which would have permitted ...
Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Gas Appliance Ban and Net Zero Building Code
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-27T13:24:45-04:00Saturday, October 26th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all elctric building, BEPS, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, gas appliance ban, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, National Apartment Association, National Association of Home Builders, preemption, Restaurant Law Center, Stuart Kaplow, Washington Gas Light Company|
A lawsuit worthy of attention has been filed seeking to halt the implementation of Washington D.C.’s gas appliance ban and net zero building code. That complaint is nearly identical to the litigation commenced on the same day last week against Montgomery County, Maryland seeking to stop ...
Lawsuit Charges Montgomery County Gas Appliance Ban is Preempted and Void
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-11-06T12:06:39-05:00Friday, October 18th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, all electric building code, Bill 13-22, Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2022, D.C. appliance ban, decarbonization, EPCA, Kaplow, Montgomery County, natural gas ban, preemption, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier today more than half a dozen business and labor groups filed suit seeking a permanent injunctive against enforcement of Montgomery County, Maryland Bill 13-22: Buildings - Comprehensive Building Decarbonization, which bans the use of gas appliances in new construction. A partnership of business and ...
Federal Court Reinstates Greenwashing Case Over Aspirational Statements
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-12T19:34:57-04:00Saturday, October 12th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act, Earth Island Institute, Earth Island Institute v. The Coca-Cola Company, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Stuart Kaplow|
A recent ruling from a federal appellate court is bringing new attention to claims of greenwashing including specifically that a business’s aspiration statements about environmental matters (e.g., “we will be net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or “we will use at least 50% recycled ...
Lawsuit Against Maryland Challenges First Amendment Violations in Green Power Marketing
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-06T17:09:22-04:00Saturday, October 5th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 100% renewable, Kaplow, REC, SB 1, Senate Bill 1, Stuart Kaplow|
A group of energy companies are suing the State of Maryland challenging the recently enacted Senate Bill 1, which restrains truthfully marketing clean energy products including renewable electricity in the State, in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Maryland Declaration of ...
Greenstalling is Not a Thing, But ..
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-09-29T16:31:44-04:00Saturday, September 28th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Baltimore environmental lawyer, Climate Week NYC, environmental attorney Maryland, green bleaching, green washing, greenstalling, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
Last week's Climate Week NYC was driven by the theme “It’s Time,” a rallying cry meant to emphasize the urgency of climate action. However, a new term emerged in that highly charged environment, “greenstalling.” This concept, according to some of the radical environmental movement voices ...
Eyeglasses in the Sights of Climate Change Activists
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-09-21T15:07:13-04:00Saturday, September 21st, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: eyeglasses, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
In his recent video, “Can We Stop Global Warming?” Bill Gates provides us with an interesting, if not somewhat alarming, statistic, the average greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from producing a single pair of eyeglasses amount to 8.2 pounds. This figure doesn’t include emissions from glasses ...