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Recent Stuart Kaplow Articles

10Feb, 2024

Climate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded More than $1 Million in Defamation Case

By |Saturday, February 10th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

Last Thursday, in a case filed in 2012 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, a jury found that Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn defamed Michael Mann, awarding Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each and punitive damages of $1,000 from Simberg and ...

3Feb, 2024

France is an Example of How Not to do Residential Greenhouse Gas Reduction

By |Saturday, February 3rd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

The country that is home to some of the most iconic buildings erected by humankind, from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Versailles is failing its current inhabitants and decimating residential real estate with deeply flawed greenhouse gas emissions ...

30Jan, 2024

BEPS on Hold in Maryland

By |Tuesday, January 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On Monday, January 29, 2024, the Maryland legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) put a “hold” on the proposed regulations to create the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) as required by the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. A stated ...

27Jan, 2024

National Definition for a Zero Emissions Building

By |Saturday, January 27th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

You can provide feedback on the draft national definition for a Zero Emissions Building. The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, through the U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking “to create a standardized, verifiable basis for defining a zero emissions building.” A broadly accepted common ...

20Jan, 2024

Does evian Water Greenwash?

By |Saturday, January 20th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Nelson Roman ruled that Danone Waters of America, the French multinational that produces evian bottled water, must face trial over greenwashing claims that it wrongly says on the label that the ...

13Jan, 2024

Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Dishwasher and Washing Machine Rules

By |Saturday, January 13th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the Department of Energy’s dishwasher and washing machine rules saying they did not hold water. For the second time in as many weeks, we are writing about a court ruling new standards ...

31Dec, 2023

Measuring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions will be “the” Environmental Issue of 2024

By |Sunday, December 31st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue ...

24Dec, 2023

Sustainability Triumphs: A 2023 Year in Review with an Eye Toward Decarbonizing

By |Sunday, December 24th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

As we sing Auld Lang Syne to 2023, a pivotal year for global sustainability efforts, it's time to reflect on the strides made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the realm of the built environment, all as described in our top 10 most read ...

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