We have reviewed several hazardous and/or solid waste-related topics on federal and Rhode Island laws on the Desautel Law blog previously, but today’s blog post focuses on environmental protection laws related to solid waste management in Massachusetts; Desautel Law employs attorneys licensed in Rhode Island as well as in Massachusetts. How does Massachusetts manage solid waste in the state and…
Episode 86 Transcript: DEFINING ‘WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES’: A SUPREME COURT DECISION CLARICE: Good morning, everybody. And welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA: Hi, everybody. I’m Marisa Desautel an environmental attorney. CLARICE: And I’m Clarice, coming in usually with questions, topics, and things to talk about today, but today’s topic came from another attorney,…
This week, coincidentally the week of Earth Day 2020, saw two Supreme Court decisions on two different federal environmental legislation issues. The Court’s decision of April 21, 2020 , which we discussed in our last blog post, relates to the Superfund law. The Court’s more recent April 23, 2020 opinion assesses the Clean Water Act of 1972 (“CWA”). This decision,…
Receiving a Notice of Violation or other formal enforcement action from a state agency is not fun. In fact, clients are never happy about it. Environmental law violations can be serious, depending on a few different factors. Bottom line, though? If you receive a notice from the government and it contains a penalty assessment, you should be proactive in your…
Attorney Desautel joined three other attorneys at the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Annual Meeting on a panel presenting updates in environmental and land use law. She focused on regulatory updates in the areas of Brownfields redevelopment, the new freshwater wetlands laws, and recycling and composting programs.
Episode 69 Transcript: THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEFINITION OF POLLUTANTS CLARICE: Good morning, everybody. And welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA: Hi, everyone. I’m Marisa Desautel an environmental attorney in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. CLARICE: And I’m Clarice, usually coming in with topics and discussions but today this one is coming from you, Marisa. MARISA: Yeah. …
Episode 63 Transcript: The Earth Shot Prize CLARICE: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA: Hi, everybody. CLARICE: [inaudible]. MARISA: What? [inaudible]. CLARICE: Yeah. Compared to last week’s manic. MARISA: Oh, yeah. Last week was a little manic. But I’m Marisa Desautel an environmental attorney in Rhode Island. CLARICE: And I’m Clarice. I’m…
Episode 50 Transcript CLARICE: Hello. Good afternoon, everybody. Well, afternoon that we’re recording. My name is Clarice. I am recording sans Marisa today. These are one of those very rare and few moments when I get full control of the mic. I get to go rogue. And in the spirit of going rogue, I brought on a special…
Environmental Quiz Time for a POP Quiz Everybody! Play along with us this week and see how many questions you get right, It’s time to take your “Environmental quiz!” In this episode Clarice is in the hot seat and Marisa is your game show host firing off environmental questions and seeing how many questions they can answer correctly. Play along with us…
Earth Day Last week we celebrated Earth Day. Earth Day started on April 22nd, 1970, and was 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 its focus. We are also going to talk about how they spread the word back then…