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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 21h

#Florida #journalism capital bureau reporter job opening mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...

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TizzyEnt @tizzyent.bsky.social · 19d

Earthjustice is fighting for our environment in court and they need our help

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 8d

#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."

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 11d

Um....#Florida Gov's wife has never heard of Bad Bunny?? www.miaminewtimes.com/music/florid...

Florida's First Lady Claims She Has No Clue Who Bad Bunny Is

The reggaeton artist is among the most-streamed in the world.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 12d

👀 Quite the story here, especially the background of the developer, a #Florida political donor, from Louisiana who stands to benefit from $80 million-plus of our tax money for 4 acres in Destin.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 12d

"I watched Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet ram this through Tuesday morning in just two minutes, without even a pause for public comment."

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 12d

Column: A Louisiana developer with a checkered past gets to skip the line and go straight to a big payday from the taxpayers, thanks to Gov. Ron DeSastrous & the Cabinet. My latest for @floridaphoenix.com also features a quick shout-out to Kenny Rogers. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/02/c...

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 18d

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POLITICO Pro: DEP blesses major modification to St. Johns River conservation easement

Environmentalists are criticizing the proposal to allow a wetlands mitigation bank to be established on private property along the river.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 18d

From Politico- "The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is recommending gov, and Cabinet approve a request by Roberts Capital Ventures to amend the conservation easement... The firm would pay the state $4 million after the state paid nearly $6 million to preserve the land in 2016."

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 18d

These mitigation banks work like this: a developer can trash a wetland and then just pay a fee to buy "credits' to supposedly restore a wetland somewhere else. The program is a sh*t show - but this is new territory.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 18d

1/5 More hinky things in #Florida state conservation lands program. @bruceritchie.bsky.social reports in @politico.com - proposal before Cabinet would allow a wetlands mitigation bank on private land near St. Johns River where the state has already paid a landowner not to develop.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · 19d

👀$80m of taxpayer $$ for 4 acres? Legislative language slipped in reverts $850m from Florida Wildlife Corridor "and instead placed the Destin purchase as the top priority ahead of corridor projects." @bruceritchie reports in @politico subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

POLITICO Pro: Florida Cabinet asked to buy Destin waterfront parcel for more than $80M

The Department of Environmental Protection is recommending the 3.9-acre purchase after the Legislature promoted the deal in last-minute budget language.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Sep 12

RIP to my “wasband.” He made a difference in this world, just like our daughter is making a difference www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2...

'I hope people will say I was generous': Tallahassee's John Newton remembered

Newton, a lawyer and administrative law judge, died Sept. 8 after a battle with lung disease. He was 73.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 28

👀 @craigtimes.bsky.social in #Florida Phoenix on new BP Gulf "Kaskida" rig plan: "Here’s a fun fact about Kaskida: BP found that deposit of oil in 2006 using the same drilling rig that it used for Deepwater Horizon. OK, maybe that fact isn’t so fun after all." floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/28/b...

BP is back 15 years after Deepwater Horizon disaster with plans to drill even deeper • Florida Phoenix

How many chances should you give a bad actor? A screw-up? A company that fouled the ocean and the coast and killed lots of wildlife? I ask this because BP, the British oil giant responsible for the wo...

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Dino Grandoni @dinograndoni.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hear that? It’s 2 a.m. You’re in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is 🎶-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you.

If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average.
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These birds won’t stop singing, and it’s our fault

A sweeping analysis of more than 4 millions recordings has found birds tweet for nearly an extra hour a day in areas disrupted by light pollution.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 12

"In #Florida, a 60-year-old couple earning $82,000 would see their annual premiums rise by almost $20,000. For a family of four making $126,000, premiums would rise by more than $9,000 each year." GOP megabill targets entrepreneurs, small businesses. www.tampabay.com/news/health/...

A health care tax credit that powers Florida’s small businesses is going away

Enhanced Obamacare subsidies expire this year, putting health insurance at risk for more than two million Floridians, including many self-employed workers

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 11

What could go wrong? It's only our #Florida Drinking. Water. At. Stake.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · Aug 11

#Florida DEP has issued draft permits for Mosaic Fertilizer to drill two exploratory wells in Polk County that could be a step toward injecting wastewater underground. www.wusf.org/environment/... via @wusf.org

Draft permits approved for Mosaic exploratory wells

Mosaic, a major player in the state’s phosphate industry, applied in early 2024 for approval to drill exploratory wells at sites in Mulberry and Bartow.

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · Aug 7

BREAKING: A federal judge sided with conservation groups, ordering the state of Florida and the Trump administration to temporarily stop further construction of the mass detention center in the Florida Everglades.

'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention camp in Florida must temporarily halt construction, judge rules

Construction at the controversial facility in the Florida Everglades has been stopped for 14 days over a lawsuit alleging it skirted environmental laws.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Can confirm

Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Pretty sure I saw a “bat” that was actually a drone flying over Tallahassee #Florida during an outdoor music festival Saturday. Did not look like a real bat to me at all & did not fly like one.

Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Look- another example of the state trampling on community rights. This dynamic is THE story of what’s happening in #Florida as corporations roll over the landscape, aided by their politician lackeys

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · Aug 5

Editorial: #Florida state officials nullified pro-rural, anti-developer Orange County growth plan. Counties must fight the state to preserve what voters want. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/05/e...

Editorial: Florida nullified Orange’s Vision 2050 plan. Counties must fight to keep control.

Last week’s barrage of bullying from the state should only strengthen Orange County’s resolve, but it’s truly disgusting to watch state officials weigh in on the side of big-money development inter…

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 4

"On-site workers filed far more reports there than at any other of the nation’s 54 nuclear power plants, according to a federal database." jaxtrib.org/2025/07/31/f...

Florida nuclear plant workers were too afraid to report safety concerns, records show

These records cap years of issues surrounding the nuclear operations of the state’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light, most of which have been disclosed in highly technical reports that have esca...

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 4

2/3 "Florida nuclear plant workers were too afraid to report safety concerns, records show: The number of anonymous reports of wrongdoing at Florida Power & Light’s St. Lucie Plant skyrocketed in 2024, according to data from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which processes the complaints.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Aug 4

1/3 Important #Florida #journalism by Emily Mahoney and Nate Monroe, two excellent reporters. (In the late 1980s, this nuclear plant was part of my environmental reporting beat. Every bit of nuclear waste it has produced is still onsite -- on a populated barrier island!)

Florida nuclear plant workers were too afraid to report safety concerns, records show

These records cap years of issues surrounding the nuclear operations of the state’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light, most of which have been disclosed in highly technical reports that have esca...

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · Jul 30

Representatives of 15 coal-burning power plants, four steel mills, four chemical facilities and two mines wrote a simple email to President Convicted Felon's EPA requesting an exemption from clean-air rules. They all got it. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c... via @nytimes.com

These Companies Avoided Clean-Air Rules. It Took a Single Email.

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Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social · Jul 25

A top aide to Ron DeSantis just admitted that the administration is breaking the law by hiding contracts connected to “Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigration detention facility it built in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

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Julie Hauserman @jhauserman.bsky.social · Jul 24

4/4 But, get this – state-certified appraisers concluded the going rate for leasing that land on the open market is $1.1 million per year – 3 times what they are charging Tarpon Blue. Thx @brucebritchie.bsky.social for this #journalism
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POLITICO Pro: Florida leased property it bought from Colliers back for one-third of estimated value

The lease involves 25,000 acres the state purchased for $122 million in a 2024 deal.

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