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Greenhouse Gas Data Must be Collected Beginning January 1 in Maryland

Beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the Maryland state government. … Continue Reading

EU to Ban Greenwashing and Much More

By Stuart Kaplow on November 26, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Green Washing, greenwashing

Marketing tactics of making false or misleading claims about a product or service's environmental benefits are greenwashing pure and simple .… Continue Reading

Solar Panels may be Hazardous Waste No More

By Stuart Kaplow on November 19, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, recycling, Solar Panel

The proposed addition of solar panels to the universal waste regulations … Continue Reading

Greenhouse Gas Data Confidentiality Takes Two Steps Forward

By Stuart Kaplow on November 12, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Environmental, GHG, greenhouse gas

Businesses must protect their data, not to mention monetize it for their benefit, and can do both while at the same time leading the way toward decarbonizing the economy and repairing the world. … Continue Reading

US Appeals Court Upholds Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule, However

By Stuart Kaplow on November 5, 2023 Posted in ESG, Federal

With large numbers of businesses having initiatives to advance gender and racially diverse talent, keeping track of the law on this subject is a necessity… Continue Reading

Net Zero, Carbon Offsets and more Now Require Disclosures

By Stuart Kaplow on October 29, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Codes and Regulations, Environmental, GHG, greenwashing

This new law is being heralded as anti greenwashing … Continue Reading

Tenants Monetizing their Greenhouse Gas Emission Data

By Stuart Kaplow on October 15, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Environmental, GHG, greenhouse gas

We are already working with a broad breadth of businesses, including tenants and landlords, to develop strategies to assist them in taking advantage of this opportunity to monetize their GHG emission data … Continue Reading

White House to Define Zero Emission Building

By Stuart Kaplow on October 1, 2023 Posted in Federal, GHG, Green Building, greenhouse gas

The federal government will define what is a “zero emission” building.… Continue Reading

California Passes Groundbreaking Climate Disclosure Bills

By Stuart Kaplow on September 17, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Codes and Regulations, GHG

California on the bleeding edge of climate disclosure and climate financial risk reporting… Continue Reading

Navigating the Urban Landscape: London’s Low Emission Zone vs. NYC Congestion Pricing

By Stuart Kaplow on September 10, 2023 Posted in City, Codes and Regulations, GHG, greenhouse gas

London's Low Emission Zone and New York City's proposed Congestion Pricing, while coming from very different places geographically and ideologically, represent dramatic strides in urban planning and environmental stewardship. … Continue Reading

US Imposes Duties on Southeast Asia Solar Panel Makers Evading China Tariffs

By Stuart Kaplow on September 3, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, ESG, Federal, Legal, Solar Panel

To appreciate the scope of the issue, those countries account for nearly 80% of all U.S. solar panel supplies.… Continue Reading

Colorado Law Will Lead the Nation in Reducing GHGs from Buildings

By Stuart Kaplow on August 20, 2023 Posted in GHG, greenhouse gas, State

The Colorado building sector will lead the nation in building energy performance standards and GHG emission reduction … Continue Reading

Two China Based Companies Banned as a Result of Forced Labor

By Stuart Kaplow on August 6, 2023 Posted in ESG, Federal, Solar Panel

The moral equivalence of U.S. companies and individuals installing solar panels created with government-sponsored modern slavery to remedy the ills of climate change, has in the last year shifted sharply in favor of Americans doing the right thing for those in forced labor from Xinjiang. … Continue Reading

In God We Trust Wins 9 – 0

By Stuart Kaplow on July 2, 2023 Posted in ESG, Federal

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for employers “to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges [of] employment, because of such individual’s .. religion.”… Continue Reading

Courts Asked to Compel Government Action on Climate Change

By Stuart Kaplow on June 18, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Environmental, Legal, State

The judicial branch will supplant the executive and legislative branches, in driving greenhouse gas and the larger global warming policy… Continue Reading

Court Finds California Racial, Ethnic and LGBT Quotas for Boards Unconstitutional

By Stuart Kaplow on June 4, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, ESG

ESG will flourish as companies address inequality, including unequal access, systemic racism, gender discrimination, and lack of inclusion in their efforts to repair the world … Continue Reading

H&M Wins Dismissal of Greenwashing Lawsuit

By Stuart Kaplow on May 28, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, ESG, Green Washing, greenwashing

How courts will likely analyze the growing numbers of greenwashing claims, providing guardrails for companies and mitigating their risk.… Continue Reading

Maryland Releases Draft GHG Regulations to Implement SB 528

By Stuart Kaplow on May 14, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Codes and Regulations, GHG, greenhouse gas

The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 through these GHG emission regulations will undoubtedly shape the state's trajectory by decarbonizing the economy.… Continue Reading

More Than 1,000 Shipments of Solar Panels Seized at the Border

By Stuart Kaplow on April 30, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, Federal, Solar Panel, Uncategorized

Businesses Creating a Slave Free World… Continue Reading

Court Saves Gas Stoves from the Government

By Stuart Kaplow on April 23, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Environmental, ESG, GHG

This is a significant setback for state and local governments across the country seeking to ban natural gas, directly, indirectly, or otherwise.… Continue Reading

Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation

By Stuart Kaplow on March 19, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, Federal, Sustainability

Biodiversity degradation is an existential crisis playing out right now in front of our eyes.… Continue Reading

Biden Veto of Repudiation of ESG Worker Savings Rule a Positive for ESG

By Stuart Kaplow on March 5, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Environmental, ESG, Federal

Congress voted to approve H.J. Res. 30 seeking to nullify the Department of Labor “ESG Rule” concerning fiduciary duties with respect to employee benefit plans.… Continue Reading

Non Profits can Receive a Direct Payment for 30% of Their Solar Energy System Costs

By Stuart Kaplow on February 19, 2023 Posted in Energy, Environmental, ESG, Federal, Solar Panel

Non profits can now receive a direct payment from the Federal government for 30% of their total solar energy system installation costs… Continue Reading

EPA (Finally) Finalizes Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Rule

By Stuart Kaplow on December 19, 2022 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Environmental

On December 15, 2022, EPA took final action to amend the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule to reference ASTM International’s E1527-21 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process” and allow for its use to satisfy the requirements for conducting all appropriate inquiries under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, … Continue Reading