In a striking development with far reaching implications, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has granted the Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance in the consolidated litigation Iowa v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the lead challenge
In a sweeping act moving into a new regulatory space, “where no [hu]man has gone before,” aimed at addressing indoor mold, the Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 856 during the just concluded 2025 legislative session.
This legislation, not yet
There is little doubt that House Bill 49, enacted on the final day of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session, stands as the most consequential environmental legislation to emerge this year, perhaps the most impactful since the Climate Solutions Now
This post is a compilation of environmental legislation enacted in the session.
Whether one views the MBTA’s strict protections as a moral imperative or a statutory overreach, the law as it stands, at least for now, does not prohibit incidental take.
On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a powerful and consequential Executive Order with the innocuous sounding title, “Protecting American Energy from State Overreach.” The impact of that Executive Order will be far broader than the title belies
Maryland law now requires specified greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and exchange of performance data in a contract of sale for buildings subject to the state’s Building Energy Performance Standards.
Failure to comply with the regulation can have significant financial and
It’s a brainy, nuanced take that will keep law professors buzzing.
Whether or not the Netherlands based Greenpeace survives in the U.S., the outcome of this legal battle will likely influence future strategies of both advocacy groups and corporations, shaping the landscape of activism in the United States, environmental activism, and
The EPA’s core mission of safeguarding human health and the environment remains