Julie Hauserman, Author at Earthjustice

A Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale – one of the world’s rarest whales– in the western Gulf of Mexico, observed by aerial survey in 2024.

January 16, 2026

As a kid, he came face to face with one of the rarest whales in the world — he just didn’t know it yet

By Julie Hauserman / Oceans Program

A photo of the whale caught a researcher’s eye, sparking a scientific odyssey spanning 56 years. Today, amid a push to expand fossil fuel drilling in the Gulf, Rice’s whales face extinction.

Graphic of a yellow "slow for whales" crossing sign on a buoy in the middle of the ocean, with ships and boats in the background.

June 5, 2023

We Need To Slow Down for The Rarest Whales on Earth

By Julie Hauserman / Oceans Program

The federal government wants public input on whether to set a new maritime speed limit to protect the Gulf of Mexico whale.

Aerial view of the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida on October 13, 2021.

January 10, 2022

We’re Defending a Rare Florida Wetland From Oil Drilling

By Julie Hauserman / Florida Office

We’re in court to force the federal government to protect some of the most important wetlands in America.

Collared panther known as FP 110 and her kitten.

February 5, 2020

Keeping Florida Panthers Off the Road to Extinction

By Julie Hauserman / Florida Office

Earthjustice has filed a federal lawsuit to target the big cats’ leading cause of death – getting hit by vehicles.

Coal ash pollution keeps Kentucky college professor Brett Werner from fishing in the lake near his home. Earthjustice is suing Kentucky Utilities to compel it to clean up the 6 million cubic yards of buried coal ash that are contaminating the lake's groun

January 29, 2018

We’re Fighting to Keep Coal out of a Kentucky Lake

By Julie Hauserman / Clean Energy Program

Represented by their lawyers at Earthjustice, Kentucky Waterways Alliance and Sierra Club just filed an appeal to force Kentucky Utilities to clean up toxic coal ash pollution in Herrington Lake.