Julie Hauserman
@jhauserman.bsky.social
Writer lady. Fan of #Florida. Reporter for decades. Opinions mine. Check out my book, Drawn to the Deep, biography of a man who swam inside the planet - NatGeo underwater cave explorer Wes Skiles
Must-read today - @craigtimes.bsky.social column on phosphate giant Mosaic getting #Florida legislators to shield the Fortune 500 company from lawsuits filed by people living on radioactive land. Already passed the House today and headed to Senate. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/15/p...
Phosphate giant turns to Florida Legislature for help thwarting lawsuits • Florida Phoenix
There was a time, a dozen years ago, when you couldn’t turn on a TV in Florida without seeing an ad for the Mosaic Co. You’d see scenes of golden waves of grain and farmers tilling their crops, and yo...
floridaphoenix.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Must-read today - @craigtimes.bsky.social column on phosphate giant Mosaic getting #Florida legislators to shield the Fortune 500 company from lawsuits filed by people living on radioactive land. Already passed the House today and headed to Senate. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/15/p...
Must-read #Florida Legislature preview from @jasongarcia.bsky.social - "developer's dream" set of bills & a “Farm Bill” that'd make it easier for U.S. Sugar Corp. and Florida Crystals to sue critics for defamation (SB 290, HB 433). jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-dream-fo...
A dream for developers, a nightmare for women: Florida lawmakers start a new session
Here's what to watch as Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature gavels open the 2026 session.
jasongarcia.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Must-read #Florida Legislature preview from @jasongarcia.bsky.social - "developer's dream" set of bills & a “Farm Bill” that'd make it easier for U.S. Sugar Corp. and Florida Crystals to sue critics for defamation (SB 290, HB 433). jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-dream-fo...
Thank you Bob Weir for all the music and the Grateful Dead community. So may shows, so many smiles over so many years ❤️ My first show was 1978. Weir everywhere
January 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Thank you Bob Weir for all the music and the Grateful Dead community. So may shows, so many smiles over so many years ❤️ My first show was 1978. Weir everywhere
👀🚨 @craigtimes.bsky.social has the deets on a terrible #Florida House Bill 479 - would ban local govts from imposing “laws, regulations, rules, or policies” to protect wetlands and prevent water pollution. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/08/f...
Florida lawmaker is back with bill promoting water pollution • Florida Phoenix
This is such an exciting time of year for us Florida columnists! The 2026 legislative session begins next Tuesday, and we’re all waiting to see which piece of legislation will win the coveted title of...
floridaphoenix.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
👀🚨 @craigtimes.bsky.social has the deets on a terrible #Florida House Bill 479 - would ban local govts from imposing “laws, regulations, rules, or policies” to protect wetlands and prevent water pollution. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/08/f...
By @craigtimes.bsky.social in #Florida Phoenix "AI data centers are water-draining, energy-sucking polluters that drive up power bills and drive down residential property values. Local governments should be allowed to say no to them, period." floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/01/t...
Thirsty AI data center runs into Florida community opposition • Florida Phoenix
Happy New Year! How’s 2026 treating you so far? Looks to me like it’s got a new twist on the challenges of 2025, at least when it comes to AI. “AI,” in case you’ve just awakened from 12 years in a com...
floridaphoenix.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
By @craigtimes.bsky.social in #Florida Phoenix "AI data centers are water-draining, energy-sucking polluters that drive up power bills and drive down residential property values. Local governments should be allowed to say no to them, period." floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/01/t...
Smart #journalism on #Florida water pollution. A two part investigation by @tampabaytimes.bsky.social ran this year. www.tampabay.com/investigatio...
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Smart #journalism on #Florida water pollution. A two part investigation by @tampabaytimes.bsky.social ran this year. www.tampabay.com/investigatio...
4/4 SB 686 would allow areas designated as agricultural enclaves to develop single-family homes and can be approved with no public input.
And finally, SB 718 would prohibit local governments from passing laws or regulations for wetlands, water quality, pollution control, and discharge prevention."
And finally, SB 718 would prohibit local governments from passing laws or regulations for wetlands, water quality, pollution control, and discharge prevention."
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
4/4 SB 686 would allow areas designated as agricultural enclaves to develop single-family homes and can be approved with no public input.
And finally, SB 718 would prohibit local governments from passing laws or regulations for wetlands, water quality, pollution control, and discharge prevention."
And finally, SB 718 would prohibit local governments from passing laws or regulations for wetlands, water quality, pollution control, and discharge prevention."
3/4 SB 548 could make local governments prove "extraordinary circumstances" before raising impact fees.
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SB 588 would prohibit local governments from taking "arbitrary or unreasonable enforcement."
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SB 588 would prohibit local governments from taking "arbitrary or unreasonable enforcement."
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
3/4 SB 548 could make local governments prove "extraordinary circumstances" before raising impact fees.
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SB 588 would prohibit local governments from taking "arbitrary or unreasonable enforcement."
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SB 588 would prohibit local governments from taking "arbitrary or unreasonable enforcement."
2/4 SB 208 would prohibit local governments from denying or delaying residential development based on whether the location is near an existing residential property.
SB 354 says 10,000 acres or more could override existing land-use or zoning designations.
SB 354 says 10,000 acres or more could override existing land-use or zoning designations.
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
2/4 SB 208 would prohibit local governments from denying or delaying residential development based on whether the location is near an existing residential property.
SB 354 says 10,000 acres or more could override existing land-use or zoning designations.
SB 354 says 10,000 acres or more could override existing land-use or zoning designations.
1/4 Time to fight back on this developer dream legislation introduced by politicians and lobbysists in the #Florida Legislature (Session runs Jan 13-March 13):
WUSF reports on 6 bills attacking local rules on development:
WUSF reports on 6 bills attacking local rules on development:
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1/4 Time to fight back on this developer dream legislation introduced by politicians and lobbysists in the #Florida Legislature (Session runs Jan 13-March 13):
WUSF reports on 6 bills attacking local rules on development:
WUSF reports on 6 bills attacking local rules on development:
Gorgeous day today with light rain at the springs
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Gorgeous day today with light rain at the springs
Ichetucknee head spring today
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ichetucknee head spring today
The govt offered oil & gas drilling leases for sale yesterday for 80 million acres. I circled where leases (little green boxes) sit right where some of the rarest whales on Earth, Rice's whales, hang out in the deep DeSoto Canyon off #Florida
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The govt offered oil & gas drilling leases for sale yesterday for 80 million acres. I circled where leases (little green boxes) sit right where some of the rarest whales on Earth, Rice's whales, hang out in the deep DeSoto Canyon off #Florida
Oh OK I'm sure this is fine
🚨☢️ "A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has found." www.politico.eu/article/cher...
Chernobyl radiation shield has stopped working after Russian drone strikes, UN warns
The confinement facility “lost its primary safety functions” after a Russian drone strike in February, nuclear watchdog says.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh OK I'm sure this is fine
@craigtimes.bsky.social reporting in Florida Phoenix shows state's science is seriously lacking to justify #Florida black bear trophy hunt on Saturday floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/04/f...
Florida wildlife agency’s leaders claim they don’t have to follow science • Florida Phoenix
When I was growing up here in Florida, everyone revered science. We looked to high-IQ scientists to tell us how to fly to the moon, how to transplant a heart, how to fire up a laser, how the universe ...
floridaphoenix.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@craigtimes.bsky.social reporting in Florida Phoenix shows state's science is seriously lacking to justify #Florida black bear trophy hunt on Saturday floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/04/f...
Reminder: Mosaic Co. aims to inject fertilizer production wastewater 8,000 feet underground
Jesse Mendoza
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sept. 22, 2025Updated Sept. 24, 2025, 4:03 p.m. ET
Jesse Mendoza
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sept. 22, 2025Updated Sept. 24, 2025, 4:03 p.m. ET
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reminder: Mosaic Co. aims to inject fertilizer production wastewater 8,000 feet underground
Jesse Mendoza
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sept. 22, 2025Updated Sept. 24, 2025, 4:03 p.m. ET
Jesse Mendoza
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sept. 22, 2025Updated Sept. 24, 2025, 4:03 p.m. ET
Thanks ace reporter @jasongarcia.bsky.social for this investigation into a corporation and its political pals trying to kneecap the Water Quality Assurance Act in #Florida so they don't have to compensate pollution victims. Bill can still be stopped. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/lobbyists-...
Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mines
The legislation is designed to help Fortune 500 industrial giant Mosaic Co. redevelop some of the more than 200 square miles of former phosphate mines it owns across the southern interior of Florida.
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks ace reporter @jasongarcia.bsky.social for this investigation into a corporation and its political pals trying to kneecap the Water Quality Assurance Act in #Florida so they don't have to compensate pollution victims. Bill can still be stopped. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/lobbyists-...
#Florida Legislature bill would prohibit any community from banning gas-powered leaf blowers (Miami Beach and Naples have ordinances requiring less noisy/polluting battery powered ones.) Provision is tucked in this year's big ag bill - SB 290
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#Florida Legislature bill would prohibit any community from banning gas-powered leaf blowers (Miami Beach and Naples have ordinances requiring less noisy/polluting battery powered ones.) Provision is tucked in this year's big ag bill - SB 290
#Florida folks - there is still time to stop this. My @earthjusticenow.bsky.social colleague explains what's at stake for S. FL corals off Ft Lauderdale earthjustice.org/experts/dani...
Trashing our oceans: Feds plan the biggest permitted coral destruction in U.S. history
Floridians are raising questions about a U.S. Army Corps plan to blast and dredge Fort Lauderdale's port — and smother more than 200 acres of sea floor and rare corals.
earthjustice.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#Florida folks - there is still time to stop this. My @earthjusticenow.bsky.social colleague explains what's at stake for S. FL corals off Ft Lauderdale earthjustice.org/experts/dani...
What's funny about this New York Times headline - "Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War" is that climate "change" is a well-known greenwashing effort from fossil fuel companies to describe the Earth's climate crisis
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What's funny about this New York Times headline - "Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War" is that climate "change" is a well-known greenwashing effort from fossil fuel companies to describe the Earth's climate crisis
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If you need some low-priced holiday gifts, University Press of #Florida is offering 40 percent off its books, including my new one WELCOME TO FLORIDA. Use the code 31HOL25 to get the discount. Even Santa would be bowled over by these savings! floridapress.org via @floridapress.bsky.social
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floridapress.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you need some low-priced holiday gifts, University Press of #Florida is offering 40 percent off its books, including my new one WELCOME TO FLORIDA. Use the code 31HOL25 to get the discount. Even Santa would be bowled over by these savings! floridapress.org via @floridapress.bsky.social
Could be a good opportunity for early-career #Florida #journalists ahttps://healthjournalism.org/fellowships/national-science-health-environment-reporting-fellowships/
National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
The SHERF fellowships are made to support early-career journalists who are pursuing careers in science, health or environmental reporting.
healthjournalism.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Could be a good opportunity for early-career #Florida #journalists ahttps://healthjournalism.org/fellowships/national-science-health-environment-reporting-fellowships/
New offshore drilling plan announced. Notice new "area B" off Florida in Eastern Gulf.
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New offshore drilling plan announced. Notice new "area B" off Florida in Eastern Gulf.
Excellent #journalism by @tampabaytimes.bsky.social. Reporters spent yrs nailing down data to show the state bows to polluters at every turn, leaving our public waters worse every year. project.tampabay.com/investigatio...
Wasting Away: Florida lets big companies pollute with impunity. Waterways suffer | TampaBay.com
For decades, Florida has failed to cut contamination — at the benefit of businesses that cause it.
project.tampabay.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Excellent #journalism by @tampabaytimes.bsky.social. Reporters spent yrs nailing down data to show the state bows to polluters at every turn, leaving our public waters worse every year. project.tampabay.com/investigatio...