In 2025, the one word is batteries
Battery Storage: The New “Must Have” Amenity in Commercial Leases
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Maryland Should Allow Off Grid Electricity Providers, as Should the Whole Country
There is no factual dispute that Maryland consumes about 40% more electricity than it generates. That shortfall is not shrinking; it is growing, and the cost of that power keeps rising. We have previously written that Maryland Needs to Produce More Electricity. That imperative is even more urgent as demand spikes from artificial intelligence,
Stablecoin to Access Capital to Accelerate Green Building Market Transformation
Stablecoin enabled finance could help us scale the transformation of the built environment to the speed and scale the natural environment requires
Interior Department Moves to Cancel Maryland Offshore Wind Project
Offshore wind projects are “really” dead
Offshore Wind Projects are Now ‘Really’ Dead
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
Stablecoin: The GENIUS Act Ushers in a New Era including Green Building Finance
On July 18, 2025, the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, signed into law the much anticipated Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, that is the GENIUS Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that provides a legal framework for U.S. dollar backed stablecoins. While the bill has been touted as
Mold Testing in Maryland Real Estate under the New Law
Molds are a natural part of the environment and can be found almost everywhere that moisture and oxygen are present
Energy Star: A Quiet Exit and a Bright Future Beyond Government
The FY 2026 President’s Budget delivers a clear message, Energy Star, as a federal program, is on its way out. Zero dollars are appropriated for the once innovative joint EPA and Department of Energy initiative, and the EPA’s June Budget in Brief confirms what many had quietly predicted, Energy Star is all but certain to
Maryland Needs to Produce More Electricity
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.
EV Charger Data Apocalypse
I don’t think this is some secret coterie of tech companies and governments seeking to weaponize EV chargers, but it is malfeasance at a huge scale and the transgression will certainly do more harm than good .