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  • Zoning Certificates in Rhode Island – Useful or No?

    A zoning certificate is a determination issued by the local zoning officer as guidance or clarification on local zoning matters. Zoning certificates are requested for various purposes, for example: to legitimize the current use of a property; to determine the permissibility of an intended use; or to obtain a zoning interpretation on actions that do not require a building permit.…

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    Environmentally Speaking 089: The Impact of Legislative Changes: Streamlining Housing or Sacrificing the Environment?

        Episode 89 Transcript: THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGES: STREAMLINING HOUSING OR SACRIFICING THE ENVIRONMENT? CLARICE:  Hello.  And welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everybody.  I’m Marisa Desautel, an environmental attorney here in Rhode Island. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice coming in with questions, comments, topics.  And this week’s topic is something I came across and…

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    Environmentally Speaking 088: Beyond the Surface: Unveiling the Intricacies of Whale Mortality in Offshore Wind Projects

        Episode 88 Transcript: BEYOND THE SURFACE: UNVEILING THE INTRICACIES OF WHALE MORTALITY IN OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS CLARICE: All right.  Hello, everybody.  Welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everybody.  I’m Marisa Desautel, an environmental attorney. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice.  Usually I come in with questions, comments, and topics, but this week it’s even better.  I’m…

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    Environmentally Speaking 086: Defining ‘Waters of the United States’: A Supreme Court Decision

        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,…

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    Environmentally Speaking 085: And the Award Goes to…

        Episode 85 Transcript: AND THE AWARD GOES TO… CLARICE:  Hello, 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.  I’m coming in with questions, comments, topics.  And this week we’re talking about awards.  It’s not award season, but it is award season in apparently…

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    Environmentally Speaking 084: Smoke in the Air

        Episode 84 Transcript: SMOKE IN THE AIR CLARICE:  Hello, everybody.  And welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everybody.  I’m Marisa Desautel, an environmental attorney in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice coming in with this week’s topics, questions, comments.  And this week’s topic is very timely, very recent. MARISA:  It’s something that…

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    Environmentally Speaking 083: A New Kind of Compost

        Episode 83 Transcript: A NEW KIND OF COMPOST CLARICE:  Hello, everybody.  And welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everybody.  I’m Marisa Desautel, an environmental attorney here in Rhode Island. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice asking you, what are you going to do at the end of your days? MARISA:  Days plural. CLARICE:  Yes. MARISA:  Nice…

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    Environmentally Speaking 082: Copper Discharge

        Episode 82 Transcript: COPPER DISCHARGE CLARICE:  Hello, everybody.  And welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. MARISA:  Hi, everybody.  I’m Marisa Desautel, an environmental attorney here in Rhode Island. CLARICE:  And I’m Clarice.  I’m coming in with questions, topics, and this week, confusion because I don’t know what today’s topic is about. MARISA:  Really? CLARICE:  Yes. MARISA: …

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