Green Building Law Update

JUNE 25, 2017

But today, despite Maryland having enacted a PACE enabling law in 2014, only one PACE loan has closed in the State. I was asked recently to recommend how PACE in Maryland could be improved. What follows is my top 10 list actions to make PACE a success in Maryland. real estate since the invention of the glass window.”.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 25, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law. 9601) and petroleum products.” Importantly, the ASTM E1527 is recognized by the U.S. This new text only exacerbates a prior bad word choice.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 1, 2020

What You Can Say about RECs is Regulated by the FTC. Tenants Order Phase l to Avoid Hazardous Substance Liability. Maryland Schools will No Longer be LEED Certified. Radon Caused More Than 21,000 Deaths Last Year. LEED Offers Companies a Response to Declining Bird Populations. LEED Prerequisite Now Prohibits Smoking Cannabis.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2021

Additionally, there are a limited number of places where PFAS is regulated as state hazardous substance, like Michigan where should likely be included in a Phase I. And there is at least one place where there appears to be a complete disconnect, as I described last year in a post, Maryland the First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2020

A group of 98 landowners sued Atlantic Richfield in Montana state court for common law nuisance, trespass, and strict liability, seeking restoration damages, which Montana law requires to be spent on property rehabilitation. Among the reasons this is a significant decision is the impact on widely utilized state Brownfields programs.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 13, 2019

And such creates potential liability for companies making ESG disclosures; if not also some silly results, including maybe the most ridiculed, when last year a major U.S. Without any of those three, much, if not most, of the ESG information in the market is at best misinformation. The failure of H.R.4329,

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