Environmental Law & Litigation

  • Environmentally Speaking 065: Smart Growth

         Episode 65 Transcript: Smart Growth CLARICE:  Good morning and welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking, the first recorded of the new year. MARISA:  Hey, everybody.  Oh, no kidding.  That’s right.  It’s January 6th, 2023. CLARICE:  Happy new year, everybody. MARISA:  Happy new year.  I’m Marisa Desautel.  I’m an environmental attorney here in Rhode Island. CLARICE: …

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    Environmentally Speaking 055: The Truth About Offshore Wind

      Episode 55 Transcript: The Truth About Offshore Wind 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. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice.  We’re having a debate.  We’re having a listener debate.  I’ve always refrained from saying my last name, but Marisa just pointed out…

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    Environmentally Speaking 054: The Endangered White Whale

        Episode 54 Transcript: Ballast Water CLARICE:  Hello, everybody.  Welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everyone.  I’m Marisa Desautel an environmental attorney in Rhode Island. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice.  I’m coming in with our questions, topics, and comments for discussion.  And this week, Marisa, you have an interesting topic. MARISA:  Well, let’s back up for…

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    Environmentally Speaking 053: Renewable Energy

          Episode 53 Transcript  CLARICE:  Hello, everybody.  Thank you for tuning in to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everyone.  I’m Marisa Desautel.  I do the environmental law thing here in Rhode Island. CLARICE:  And I just like to be the other body, somebody for you to talk to. MARISA:  Do you have a name? CLARICE: …

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    Environmentally Speaking 050: Leo Pollock

        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…

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    Environmentally Speaking 048: Get to Know Us!

    Get to Know Us! This week we are changing it up a bit, and we are going to talk about… ourselves! Get to know us. Tune in and have fun with us this week as we answer some questions that will help you get to know us a little better. Here’s a fun fact… We share the same birthday, August 11, how…

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    Environmentally Speaking 046: Pushing Renewable Energy

    Pushing Renewable Energy This week we bring up an article that was recently published (https://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/letter-biden-climate-change-plan-forgets-fishing-industry-communities/article_609745be-09f7-11ed-8d11-8f912596b992.html) and the current administration visiting the Brayton Point Power plant. The President has earmarked that facility as the new hub, and infrastructure to transform offshore wind power into electricity, land side. We go into detail and share what this means for the National Environmental Protection Act,…

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    Climate Change Scenario Planning: Invitation to Attend Scenario Deepening Webinars

    Over the past year, East Coast fishery management bodies have been collaborating on a climate change scenario planning initiative designed to prepare fishing communities and fishery managers for an era of climate change. The goals of this project are to assess how climate change might affect stock distribution and availability of East Coast marine fisheries over the next 20 years…

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    Environmentally Speaking 044: Problems with Electricity

    Problems with Electricity This week we had a listener ask us to discuss the problems with electricity in the state of Texas, so, we looked it up!  You may remember we did an episode on the “Strain on the Grid” (Ep: 038 – Listen here), but today we are going to go a little deeper! There seems to be a serious issue…

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    Environmentally Speaking 043: Conservation Restrictions vs. Conservation Easement

    Conservation Restrictions vs. Conservation Easement On this episode, we had a request from one of our listeners to discuss conservation restrictions.  So, we must first understand what are the basics for conservation easement versus conservation restriction.  First, it is a very legally nuanced. It’s important to understand because when you are looking to develop land or if you’re working for government if…

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