"Migrant children...were exposed to toxic chemicals such as arsenic and lead... according to more than 20,000 pages of records released as part of federal litigation over the site." insideclimatenews.org/news/0308202...
Julie Hauserman
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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
Can't make this up - sewage pumped into #Florida Key shallow wells, bubbling up into offshore waters; manatees drinking it. Quite the tale of corruption and gov't incompetence reported by @craigtimes.bsky.social in FL Phoenix floridaphoenix.com/2026/07/30/s...
Sweet samples shows sour truth: Sewage injected beneath Florida Key is bubbling back up • Florida Phoenix
There’s an old saying, one that’s often brought up when Florida men fire off their guns to celebrate New Year’s: What goes up must come down. Look out for those falling bullets, boys! But when it come...
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Must-read - The Guardian: "Data center developers, like Google, have touted its two-phase cooling systems as an alternative that uses far less water, but few know that those typically use Pfas “forever chemical” gas instead of water." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters
Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s use
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If you want to know how the White House "changes" (I'd call them attacks) to the Endangered Species Act affect #Florida manatees and panthers, Nicolas Rivero breaks it down in this well-reported story in the The Florida Trib. No paywall. floridatrib.org/2026/07/24/f...
Florida wildlife under threat from Trump administration rule
The reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act would affect hundreds of species nationwide, but it would have an especially big impact in the Sunshine State
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Must-read column by @craigtimes.bsky.social on the recent ill-advised #Florida gov. veto of bill that would have set rules on human sewage sludge that's being spread on farm fields. "No one can say for sure how much sewage sludge is being dumped where." floridaphoenix.com/2026/07/16/f...
Florida governor’s betrayal of clean water promise reaches peak with biosolids veto • Florida Phoenix
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been a huge fan of Bugs Bunny cartoons. I just love it when he does something outrageous and then turns to the camera and says, “Ain’t I a stinker?” It’s hilarious!...
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Hundreds of square miles of the largest lake in #Florida again blanketed in toxic, blue-green algae. It's close to the worst toxic algae bloom Lake Okeechobee's ever seen. www.wusf.org/environment/... via @wusf.org
Lake Okeechobee's annual summer blue-green algae outbreak 'close to the worst'
Hundreds of square miles of Florida's largest lake is again blanketed in toxic, blue-green algae.
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👀Important story by @jack_prator: #Florida law now lets developers fill wetlands & then pay credits to restore wetlands far away instead of in SAME watershed. www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
‘A handout to developers’? New Florida law has meant more Tampa Bay wetlands filled in
More than 32 acres of wetlands were destroyed in Hillsborough County under the new law.
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Among the sponsors of the failing & unpopular Freedom 250 party: #Florida phosphate miner & polluter Mosaic. Meanwhile, the company is seeking approval from the federal govt to expand one of its gypsum stacks. www.tampabay.com/news/environ... via @maxchesnes.bsky.social
Tampa mining giant Mosaic among sponsors for Trump’s Freedom 250 bash
Freedom 250 was created to host Fourth of July events for America’s 250th anniversary.
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Important story on how a scientist's research on rare Gulf of Mexico Rice's whales was used misleadingly by politicians doing oil industry bidding to get around the Endangered Species Act. The whales, which occur off #Florida panhandle, face extinction. www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Politicians cited his research to discredit Gulf whale protections. He says that’s wrong
A marine biology professor says the Trump administration used his paper to politicize an academic discussion about whale science.
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Important #Florida lawsuit aims to save red snapper pops from new "free for all" set by feds, DeSantis - their political move defies yrs of science & management. Commercial fishers suing. @earthjustice.org, where I work, filed amicus with @oceanconservancy.org www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...
Florida lawsuit fights Trump red snapper state management plan
“Opening the red snapper season for two months ... is fast-tracking the crash of this species. There’s just no way the stock can endure.
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As a youngish #Florida environmental reporter, I called Marjory Stoneman Douglas for a quote about the 20th anniversary of Earth Day & what's changed. "There's more people interested in the environment these days," she said in her Julia Child-esque voice. "Trouble is, there's more people!"
The attorneys I work with at @earthjustice.org sued today to prevent anohther disaster like the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf spill, 16 yrs ago today. BP's newest plan, called Kaskida, would drill deeper than Mount Everest's height. earthjustice.org/press/2026/l...
Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP’s New Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon
BP’s "Kaskida" proposal fell dramatically short of legal and regulatory requirements
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👀Quite the story here by ace reporters at @wlrn.bsky.social about Miami-Dade dumping its trash on other communities (for a fee!). Fun fact: There is a landfill called "The Heart of Florida" near The Villages, which is more #Florida than I could imagine. www.wlrn.org/government-p...
As Miami-Dade drags its feet on trash troubles, other areas smell the stench
Since a waste-to-energy facility in Doral burned down in 2023, Miami-Dade has been shipping much of its trash north. It’s an expensive short-term fix for taxpayers as the county struggles to find a lo...
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👀Thank you Scott Maxwell and The Orlando Sentinel for fighting for the public's right to know how our tax $$ are being spent. This is quite the story of #Florida officials witholding, obfuscating, and trying to punish people for demanding accountability. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/04/11/m...
Maxwell: We sued Florida for public records and got them … once again
Scott Maxwell: The state of Florida has again paid to cover legal fees the Orlando Sentinel incurred while fighting for records that were clearly public. This time, they dealt with the state’s erasure...
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Awesome!
Jason Garcia@jasongarcia.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew: Seeking Rents is going on tour! Excited to announce that Seeking Rents is teaming up with Welcome to Florida — the podcast co-hosted by legendary environmental journalist @craigtimes.bsky.social and radio personality Chadd Scott — for a pair of live events in St. Pete and Orlando. Details:
#Florida ace reporter @jasongarcia.bsky.social follows the $$ from a trash-to-biogas corp with ties to Koch Industries. The company is potentially getting $20 million of our tax $$ after spreading campaign cash to FL Gov & other state leaders jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-startup-...
A startup got $5 million from Florida taxpayers and gave $500,000 to Florida politicians
An example of how private companies pull public subsidies out of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature while the politicians profit, too.
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Thanks to @craigtimes.bsky.social for connecting all the dots on the feds stripping protection from imperiled Gulf species - manatees, whales, fish, rays, corals, sea turtles. 4 groups immediately sued, represented by @earthjustice.org, where I work floridaphoenix.com/2026/04/02/g...
‘God Squad’ exempts entire Gulf of Mexico oil industry from endangered species rules • Florida Phoenix
The words “God Squad” do not appear anywhere in the Federal Register notice posted last week, but they sure were implied. “The Endangered Species Committee will meet regarding an Endangered Species Ac...
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In a major win for cities waging battle against the #Florida Live Local Act, a Broward judge has ruled the town of Hollywood had the right to say no to a developer seeking to build a 17-story beachfront tower with affordable housing. www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/03/27/h... via @sun-sentinel.com
Hollywood wins Live Local lawsuit; developer plans to appeal
Hollywood rejected a plan by a Live Local developer to build a 17-story tower at the beach. The developer sued, but just lost the case. Now he plans to appeal.
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Big #Florida environmental news. Thx to my @earthjustice.org colleagues for many many years of legal effort earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...
Court Victory for Florida Wetlands Protection
Federal government, not state, will remain in charge of wetlands permitting under the Clean Water Act
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Thanks to @craigtimes.bsky.social at FL Phoenix News for explaining what's at stake in a legal fight that my colleagues at @earthjustice.org are waging to protect the #Florida scrub jay - a very cool and imperiled bird floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/26/l...
Landowner lawsuit over Florida scrub jays has national ramifications • Florida Phoenix
There’s no “Cutest Critter in Florida” contest but, if there were, I can name a few contestants. The diminutive Key deer, for one. The seagrass-munching manatee for another. And, of course, the friend...
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👀 kate yoder in Grist on how oil corporation PR is changing the message grist.org/language/oil...
Big Oil has moved on from 'greenwashing.' Here's the new playbook.
Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting their climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.
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Best headline of the #Florida legislative session: "Florida Legislature 2026: At least a billionaire got his waterslide" by @jasongarcia.bsky.social
If you like the Gulf, and sea turtles, whales, rays and corals, pay attention to this new scheme to make it easier for fossil fuel drillers to drive species to extinction earthjustice.org/press/2026/t...
Trump Administration trying to strip protections from Gulf marine life
Move would threaten rare whales, fish, rays, sea turtles, and corals
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Destroying our public lands for the fossil fuel industry won’t address prices at the pump now. Oil extracted from the oil-and-gas sales of our public lands and waters will take years, if not decades, to bring into production. Solar panels, meanwhile, don’t need to ship through the Strait of Hormuz.
Quite the tangled #Florida tale by @craigtimes.bsky.social - sex scandals, explosives, politics, and financial shenanigans - and yet another mess left by corporate despoilers. floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/12/f...
Florida U.S. representative's munitions plant a ticking time bomb in Taylor County • Florida Phoenix
One of my hobbies is keeping tabs on which of our distinguished officeholders could be called the most “Florida Man” of Florida politicians. U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, who was held in contempt of court in ...
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Must read column by @craigtimes.bsky.social in Fl Phoenix News on how #Florida Legislature is about to eviscerate our conservation lands program. "Florida Forever benefits THE PUBLIC.Conservation easements on ranches and farms benefit PRIVATE LANDOWNERS." floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/05/f...
Foolish legislators decide Florida Forever means ‘Florida Never’ • Florida Phoenix
Officials in Florida — a state with a 500-year-old Spanish name — recently announced that they would require everyone taking a driving test to do so in English only. I wish the folks in charge would a...
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Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice (where I work): "This is a slap in the face to the millions of Americans who are living through climate disasters and their aftermath. And we will see this administration in court" www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight
The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
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What could go wrong? #Florida currently has two old nuclear plants operating in precarious, hard-to-evacuate locations, one in on Biscayne Bay in Miami and one on a barrier island in Fort Pierce. www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
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Press release: Judge orders #Florida Division of Emergency Management to comply with Friends of the Everglades public records requests on Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp. earthjustice.org/press/2026/c... via @jhauserman.bsky.social
Court orders Florida Division of Emergency Management to comply with Friends of the Everglades public records requests on ICE detention center
Florida and federal agencies have been withholding information to avoid complying with federal environmental law
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