Berkeley’s Natural Gas Tax is a Warning to Building Owners Nationwide

By Stuart Kaplow on August 11, 2024 Posted in Uncategorized

Attempts to ban natural gas, be it by building codes, BEPS mandates, or the like, will all fail as preempted by Federal law and this new tactic of taxing fossil fuel out of existence is coming to a jurisdiction where you live or operate a business.… Continue Reading

With ‘new’ proposed Maryland BEPS regulations what does a Building Owner do now?

By Stuart Kaplow on July 28, 2024 Posted in Climate Change, GHG, greenhouse gas, State

After this was posted, on January 13, 2025 citizen groups and business associations jointly filed suit in the U.S. District Court against the Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment challenging the Maryland BEPS program as preempted by Federal statute and unenforceable as a matter of law. Read more here. After this blog was … Continue Reading

The Government is Coming For Your Gas Stove But Voters May Save You

By Stuart Kaplow on July 7, 2024 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Environmental

Washinton state citizens are going to vote in the November elections to repeal government's efforts to mandate decarbonization because all electric building laws are wronngheaded environmental public policy.… Continue Reading

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Berkeley’s Natural Gas Tax is a Warning to Building Owners Nationwide

With ‘new’ proposed Maryland BEPS regulations what does a Building Owner do now?

The Government is Coming For Your Gas Stove But Voters May Save You