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LEED can Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that through green building practices, like the U.S.

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State Not County has Authority to Regulate Solar Farms

Green Building Law Update

At a time when solar panels are de riguere a recent decision by a Maryland appellate court limiting the authority of local governments to regulate the location and specifics of construction of a solar farm has broad implications far beyond this case. The Washington County Board of Zoning Appeals granted the relief requested.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

And we wrote in a blog post in 2019 about a claim some 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast in Maryland, Net Zero Lawsuit filed Against Home Builder. Today, we are particularly cognizant of the fast evolving and changing dynamic between legal and technological factors that drive companies’ decision making processes.

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You Should Comment on the SEC’s Transformative Proposed ESG Rule

Green Building Law Update

As noted in the proposal itself, the regulation builds on the SEC’s previous rules and guidance on climate related disclosures, which date back to the 1970s. accountants cannot provide those certifications). The resultant regulation will change the way business and the economy function.

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State Law Trumps on Location of Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

This case is instructive beyond Maryland’s borders because it involves the intersection of states’ efforts to promote solar energy generation as part of its renewable energy policies, and county governments’ local planning and zoning prerogatives. This appeal to Maryland’s highest court followed. Perennial Solar, 239 Md.

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2018 IgCC Poised to be Adopted for the First Time

Green Building Law Update

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. The proposed Executive Regulation 12-20 appeared in the Montgomery County Register on August 1. A public hearing will be held on proposed regulation on September 3.

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LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

There may be no single subject matter more discussed with over the more than 20 year history of LEED than forest product certification. This new pilot credit also leaves in place the 2016 pilot credit MRpc102 Legal Wood, that despite all the discussion has not been a market mover. Wood that is not certified as managed is not illegal.

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