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
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...
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...
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...
Wow 👀 this investigation by ace #journalist @jasongarcia.bsky.social on how #Florida Gov. used taxpayer $$ to pay donors and his own campaign people on brazenly political campaign. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/hidden-con...
Hidden consultants and hurried payments: Records reveal details of DeSantis' campaign against abortion and marijuana amendments
Ron DeSantis employed campaign strategists as subcontractors, bent procurement rules, and took millions from reserves, in a taxpayer-fund ad campaign against two citizen-led ballot measures last year.
jasongarcia.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wow 👀 this investigation by ace #journalist @jasongarcia.bsky.social on how #Florida Gov. used taxpayer $$ to pay donors and his own campaign people on brazenly political campaign. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/hidden-con...
On reckless furloughing nuke workers, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers. R-Ala is correct: “These are not employees that you want to go home.“They’re managing and handling a very important strategic asset for us. They need to be at work and being paid.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/20/g...
Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says
Up to 1,400 workers could be furloughed as a result of the shutdown.
www.orlandosentinel.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On reckless furloughing nuke workers, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers. R-Ala is correct: “These are not employees that you want to go home.“They’re managing and handling a very important strategic asset for us. They need to be at work and being paid.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/20/g...
Reposted by Julie Hauserman
Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social is a great and courageous #Florida #journalist who broke the Epstein sex trafficking story yrs ago in the @miamiherald.com and has kept on it. She reports with Claire Healey on new documents showing more cozy ties between Epstein and men in power.
SCOOP: (gift) One of the top prosecutors who negotiated Jeffrey Epstein's sweetheart deal had dinners, meetings with the convicted sex offender after the prosecutor left DOJ. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Epstein had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show
Matthew Menchel, who spearheaded Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 criminal prosecution, left the DOJ in 2007 to take a job as a trial lawyer at Kobre & Kim. Epstein’s calendars show Menchel met with Epstein in ...
www.miamiherald.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social is a great and courageous #Florida #journalist who broke the Epstein sex trafficking story yrs ago in the @miamiherald.com and has kept on it. She reports with Claire Healey on new documents showing more cozy ties between Epstein and men in power.
#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous employed campaign strategists as state subcontractors, bent procurement rules & took millions from reserves, in a taxpayer-fund ad campaign against two citizen-led ballot measures last year. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/hidden-con... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Hidden consultants and hurried payments: Records reveal details of DeSantis' campaign against abortion and marijuana amendments
Ron DeSantis employed campaign strategists as subcontractors, bent procurement rules, and took millions from reserves, in a taxpayer-fund ad campaign against two citizen-led ballot measures last year.
jasongarcia.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by Julie Hauserman
Earthjustice is fighting for our environment in court and they need our help
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Earthjustice is fighting for our environment in court and they need our help
Reposted by Julie Hauserman
#Florida rejects St. Johns County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan as too restrictive, another victim of evil pro-development SB 180 tying the hands of local govts www.staugustine.com/story/news/l... h/t @floridatrend.bsky.social
Florida rejects St. Johns County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan as too restrictive
“SB 180 has already undermined our efforts to reduce clear-cutting in planned developments, and now our entire Comprehensive Plan is on the chopping block."
www.staugustine.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#Florida rejects St. Johns County’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan as too restrictive, another victim of evil pro-development SB 180 tying the hands of local govts www.staugustine.com/story/news/l... h/t @floridatrend.bsky.social