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Interior Department Moves to Cancel Maryland Offshore Wind Project

Offshore wind projects are “really” dead… Continue Reading

Offshore Wind Projects are Now ‘Really’ Dead

By Stuart Kaplow on August 10, 2025 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Federal, wind turbine

As a keen legal observer in matters of environmental law, I write today in a tone of both reasoned clarity and cautious optimism: the recent Federal government decision rescinding offshore wind leasing areas delivers precisely the kind of regulatory finality that our legal system craves. This is not intended as a value judgment assessing good … Continue Reading

Anatomy of an Executive Order: Stopping the Wind

By Stuart Kaplow on January 26, 2025 Posted in Climate Change, Federal, Paris Accord, wind turbine

Candidate Trump said at a rally in New Jersey last May that he intended to sign an Executive Order on day one that would halt “horrible” offshore windmill projects. … Continue Reading

The Change in Administration will be “the” Environmental Issue of 2025

By Stuart Kaplow on January 5, 2025 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Environmental, greenhouse gas, Paris Accord

A legacy of deregulation… Continue Reading

Maryland Offshore Wind Project Faces Legal Storm from Coastal Communities

By Stuart Kaplow on November 3, 2024 Posted in Energy, Federal, wind turbine

Maryland Consumes 40% More Electricity Than It Produces But this is Not the Solution… Continue Reading

Maryland’s Offshore Wind Ambitions Set to Soar with New Agreement

By Stuart Kaplow on June 9, 2024 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Environmental, wind turbine

The next step will be when BOEM holds a sale for the proposed offshore wind projects off the Maryland coast later this year. … Continue Reading

Maryland Needs to Produce More Electricity

By Stuart Kaplow on May 26, 2024 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Solar Panel, wind turbine

Maryland, like many other similarly situated states, cannot import its way out of this predicament with ever increasing electricity demand, produced from coal or not. … Continue Reading