Green Building Law Update

Environmental Law and Sustainability for Business

Tag Archives: GHG emissions

Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environmental, ESG, greenhouse gas
There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. All electric building codes require that new construction and major renovations be powered by … Continue Reading

Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Climate Change, Codes and Regulations, GHG
Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. Businesses can and should treat this as the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our time. Literally resetting the trajectory of Maryland’s economy, making sweeping changes to the Old Line State’s already … Continue Reading

Government Proposes Federal Contractors and Their Suppliers Disclose GHG Emissions

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Federal, greenhouse gas
The Federal government is proposing the Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule, which will require major Federal contractors publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate related financial risks and set emissions reduction targets. The implications of this reach far beyond only Federal contractors impacting nearly every sector of the US economy, as contractors calculate … Continue Reading

Is California Going to Ban Cows in the Name of Climate Change?

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Environmental, State, Sustainability
The California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board has issued a “Proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy” that includes the penultimate statement, California’s dairy and livestock industries account for roughly half of the State’s total methane emissions and about five percent of the State’s overall GHG emissions. About half of the emissions from the State’s … Continue Reading

Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

By Stuart Kaplow on Posted in Codes and Regulations, Environmental, Federal, Sustainability
The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions. In 2015, the Obama Administration announced a new target to reduce Federal … Continue Reading
LexBlog