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: 025 – Renewable Energy, Not Necessarily Env...
This weeks topic might just shock you a little bit, we are going to discuss renewable energy not necessarily being environmentally friendly. WHAT!? This topic was sparked by the Super Bowl commercials that were played this year. There was a clear overa
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Ep: 024 – Attorney-Client Communication
Attorney-Client Communication is crucial between parties. What does that relationship look like? What are you both getting yourselves into? On this episode, hosts Marisa and Clarice dive into the context of attorney-client privilege, and the concept t
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Ep: 023 – Carbon Footprint
So what is a carbon footprint? Almost every living thing on the planet creates emissions. In case you don’t know, methane and carbon emissions are a big issue for everyone on the planet because they result in greenhouse gas increases which then contribut
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Ep: 022 – Discovery
This week is all about Discovery. No, not the discovery of new land or things on the beach or in your woods, we are talking about things you can bring as evidence into court.
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Ep: 021 – Land Use
In this episode we are going to discuss, Land Use. Marissa talks about a recent trip to Montana and how it got her thinking about how unfortunate it is that in this country, our development and land use policies dont seem to have a lot of forward thinki
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Ep: 020 – Oil Spill
In this episode we are going to discuss the Seekonk River oil spill. There has been two spills in this area over the past few months and we are going to discuss what happens is you have contaminated soil on a property, we will explain what a C-A-P is, (
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Ep: 019 – Due Process
This week we are going to discuss due process in the context of a municipal setting, but the concept of due process can apply, as well, to any government body, state, municipal, federal. Without getting too much into the weeds here, there are two differ
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Ep: 018 – Hiring an Environmental Attorney
Woolly Mammoth! That got your attention didn’t it. We start the show off by putting Marissa in the hot seat and after a few laughs, we dive in to this week’s topic of, questions you should ask when youre looking to hire an environmental or land use att
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Ep: 017 – Aquaculture
Aquaculture is a water-based farm in the sense of it’s like salmon farms or oysters or clams or, different types of fish. It even extends out to types of seaweeds. So it’s farming but it’s in the sea. The aquaculture industry is composed of folks that
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Ep: 016 – Witness Testimony
This episode we are talking about witness testimony. Tune in as we have some laughs with this one. We discuss the different types of witness’s, who considered an expert, and we share a funny story that’s sure to make you smile.
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Ep: 015 – Storm Water Dischargers
On this episode, we are talking about stormwater Dischargers. We are going to discuss some of the regulations, what is considered stormwater, where and how storm water is collected and the difference between a pervious and impervious surface.
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Ep: 014 – Open Meetings Act
The Rhode Island Open Meetings Act is aimed at making sure that government is operating appropriately. It dictates how public entities can meet, how they cannot meet, what they can talk about, how the agendas need to be noticed and certain deadlines and
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Ep: 013- Becoming an Environmental Attorney
This week we are talking about how to become an Environmental Attorney. We discuss some classes we have taken, things that helped get us through law school and some of the pros and cons to being an Environmental Attorney.
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Ep: 012 – Public Beach Access
This episode we are talking about Public Beach Access, what it means for people who property directly on the ocean or, adjacent to the setback to the ocean. What does it mean when you live on a beach and you have people walking the shoreline picking sea
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Ep: 011 – Commercial Conveyances
This week we talk about Commercial Conveyances. Unlike Residential Conveyances, like the ones we spoke about in episode ten, Commercial Conveyances are less tricky. You would be surprised how many companies buy property without looking to see first if
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Ep: 010 – Residential Property Transactions
We are talking about Residential Property Transactions. If you’ve ever bought or sold a home, you know that as part of that transaction you must pay some hefty costs to both the attorney and to your lender. Why? It’s because if you’re borrowing money f
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Ep: 009 – Wetlands
In this week’s episode, we are going to discuss freshwater wetlands.
If youre dealing with freshwater wetlands here in Rhode Island, it’s the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management that regulates freshwater wetlands. You should know that
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Ep: 008 – Gray water
In this episode we are going to discuss Gray Water. Gray water is a term that refers to water that comes from your bathroom sink, shower, washing machines. It is used water, however, it doesnt contain any sort of human excrement bacteria. why is that
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EP: 007 – Storm Water
Storm water, for those of you that don’t know what it is, is pretty much what it sounds like. It’s water that flows after a storm. You have probably seen the catch basins in the road as youre driving along. That is a storm water collection system that
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Ep: 006 – Public Utilities Commission of Rhode...
Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is a commission thats created by state law in Rhode Island. Specifically, they are mandated to supervise, regulate, and make written orders dealing with company conduct, which companies offer to the public energy communi
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Ep: 005 – Intern Experience
In this episode you will hear from Karen who shares her experience as an intern at Desautel Law, what it meant to her and what her future plans are.
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Ep: 004 – Superfund Sites
Superfund is, a colloquial term that the United States Environmental Protection Agency dubbed appropriate for a federal statute. That federal statute is called the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. The acronym for th
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Ep: 003 – Public Notice
Public Notice is a way to keep the public informed and to ensure that the government is being transparent about topics that are not confidential and allows an opportunity for the public to be involved, to provide comment, to ask questions to a certain ex
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EP: 002 – Rhode Island Department of Environmen...
On this episode of environmentally speaking, Marisa and Clarice talk about the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and what to do if you get a notice of a violation. Marisa recommends that you first pay attention to any appeal rights that
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EP: 001 – Registered Agent
This is actually a really important area of law because if you’re a corporate entity you have to register with the state that you’re doing business in and part of that registration process requires that you appoint something called a registered agent. T
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