Environmentally Speaking
Podcast host Clarice Parsons interviews Kerin Browning and Marisa Desautel, managing partners of Desautel Browning Law. They will leave you cracking up while discussing some serious topics around state / federal environmental law, utility / energy statutory and regulatory compliance, civil litigation, and municipal and regulatory zoning and permitting.
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Ep: 050 - Food Waste with Leo Pollock
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Ep: 049 - The Woodstock of Cleanups
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Ep: 048 - Get to Know US!
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Ep. 047 - Listener Request: Day-to-Day Work
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Ep: 046 - Pushing Renewable Energy
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Ep: 045 - Making Agricultural Fun For The Youth
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Ep: 044 - Problems with Electricity
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Ep: 043 - Conservation Restrictions -vs- Conser...
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Ep: 042 - Climate Change with guest Bob Brulli
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Ep: 041 - Are Solar Panels Hazardous and Toxic?
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Ep: 040 - Special Guest - Alisa Richardson
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Ep: 039 - Environmental Quiz
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Ep: 038 - Strain on the Grid
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Ep: 037 - Wetlands Reestablishment
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Ep: 036 – Drought
This weeks topic we are talking about the drought out in California. (insert eye roll we know). But why? It started around the time Marisa was a freshman in college when her college professor stated the root of all issues on this planet stem from overpo
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Ep: 035 – Special Guest, Executive Director of ...
We have a very special episode for you this week! We have a very special guest, Zak Mertz, (a.k.a. Superfund Zak) who is the Executive Director of Birds Eye Cape Wildlife Center, a part of the New England Wildlife Center. We are going to hear Zaks person
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Ep: 034 – Cross Examination in an Administrativ...
We start this week’s show off with a friendly Public Service Announcement…. Don’t put your recycling in plastic bags… Thank you. O.K.! Now the topic we are covering this week is Cross Examination. Reason for this is, something that has happened recent
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Ep: 033 – Animal Crossing
We start the show off recapping the last episode on Earth Day. Did you know Earth Day is our Second favorite day, next to our birthdays! We get back on track and discuss a very interesting article about how big cats in California were being killed on th
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Ep: 032 – Earth Day
This week we celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day started on April 22nd, 1970, and created by Senator Gaylord Nelson. So in this episode we are going to discuss how Earth Day came into what it is today, what it is and it’s focus. We are also going to talk abo
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Ep: 031 – Plogging & MS Four Permit
The month of April has been designated as Earth Month and we start the show off buy sharing an article we recently have seen about an activity that people are taking part in called… Plogging. Plogging started in Sweden in 2016. plogging is a combination
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Ep: 030 – Tragedy of the Commons
This week we start the show of on something positive, and share in the news of a company buying back old used furniture that you may have bought from them in the past. This bit of news is short lived as we get into a serious topic this week the “Tragedy
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Ep: 029 – The Federal Endangered Species Act
What is the Federal Endangered Species Act? We are going to talk about how this Act works and what it protects. Have you ever been seen signage or other infostructure that states humans cannot go into a particular area like a sand dune? Well, that’s b
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Ep: 028 – River Keeper
This week we sit down with Narragansett Bay River Keeper, Kate McPherson. We discuss the keeper program and Save the Bay, which is the organization that houses Narragansett Bay, Riverkeeper and it actually has three keepers. So what does a River Keeper
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Ep: 027 – Smart Growth
This week we are talking about Smart Growth. Sounds like something you add to your plants at home. No, not what we’re talking about. Recently Clarice went to Ohio, and a few month ago Marisa took a trip to Montana. Both states are pretty wide open compa
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Ep: 026 – The Stubborn Crane
Little different kind of show this episode. We got an interesting article from a listener and we put Marisa on the spot.
There is a crane-topped vessel that sunk in the Providence River and has been there about four years. So, some questions arise f
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