2023 News Archive
2023
12/27/23: Ingleside Index: Ingleside Public Hearing Next Month Addresses Major Environmental Concern.
IOBCWA President, Patrick Nye quoted
12/27/23: Inside Climate News: 'Major' Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away It
Industrial developers describe facilities as "minor' polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.
11/15/23: Fox4 Beaumont: 5th Circuit Court throws out TCEQ permit for LNG terminal.
11/14/23: The_Byte: Corporations Whimper That They Won't Be Able To Make So Much Money If They Aren't Allowed To Pollute.
2/10/23: Food and Water Watch: How to Shut Down a Dirty Blue Hydrogen Project.
11/9/23: CIEL: Direct Air Capture: Big Oil's Latest Smokescreen.
11/8/23: Houston Chronicle: Chemical plant explosion forces Shepherd residents north of Houston to seek emergency shelter.
11/6/23: DeSmog: The Carbon Capture Sector's Community-Involvement Rhetoric Doesn't Match Reality.
11/6/23: Scientific American: Climate Benefits of Hydrogen Are at Risk as Fossil Fuel Industry Pressures Mount.
11/5/23: Climate News: How Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines Ever Proposed.
10/24/23: Bloomberg News: Carbon Capture Desperately Needs a Reality Check After Lost Decade.
10/19/23: Newsweek: Why the Rockefellers are Spending Their Oil Fortune to End Fossil Fuels.
10/18/23: Inside Climate News: Texas Continues to Issue Thousands of Flaring Permits
10/18/23 Houston Chronicle: What is Texas' hydrogen hub, do the colors matter, and will it fight climate change?
10/13/23: Inside Climate News: Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it's not Strict Enough.
10/13/23: Science Direct: Building adaptive capacity to address coastal flooding: The case of a small Texas City
10/12/23: Earthworks: Statement on US Exporting Record Amounts of Crude Oil.
10/10/23: Kiii News: Enbridge's $3 billion ammonia plant project faces community opposition in Ingleside.
10/4/23: Ingleside index: IOBCWA's Billboard - Stop Ingleside Ammonia Plants made the news!
9/14/23: Heat May: Biden's Risky Bet that Oil Companies Can Lead a New Climate Industry.
9/12/23: Corpus Christi Water Department COO Mike Murphy abruptly resigns.
9/12/23: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis: Blue Hydrogen: Not clean, not low carbon, not a solution.
9/11/23: Miami Herald: PortMiami dredging killed 80 times more coral than expected. More digging coming soon.
8/25/23: Capital & Main: Texas Throw Good Money After Bad With New Tax Breaks for Oil and Gas Industry.
8/24/23: Caller Times: Here's what's being considered for desalination plant sites.
8/22/23: Medical Xpress: Air pollution exposure early in pregnancy increases gestational diabetes risk, study finds.
8/16/23: Houston Chronicle: Billionaire investor Icahn unloaded Cheniere shares under pressure.
8/14/23: Washington Post: Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision. "In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels.Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision."
8/11/23: The U.S. Department of Energy Announces its Intent to Launch a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative.
8/11/23: Reuters: US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs to South Texas DAC Hub in Kleberg County and Project Cypress in Louisiana.
7/30/23: Climate News: The One-Mile Rule: Texas' Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints.
7/26/23 KIIITV3: IOBCWA members among those speaking out at Port Commission meeting regarding new CEO selection process.
7/26/23 KrisTV6: Port of Corpus Christi to interview 5 finalists for new Port CEO
7/26/23 KrisTV6: Former Port of Corpus Christi CEO had Access to Commissioner's Emails.
7/21/23: Kris 6 News: Tar Balls: What are they, and why are they on coastal bend beaches.
7/3/23: CAPE's Errol Summerlin tells Reuters that desalination "would destroy an ecosystem to create an unproven solution to the world's climate crisis".
6/22/23: Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners approve changes to legal and payroll expense practices in wake of Strawbridge resignation.
6/21/23: Port of Corpus Christi states it is unable to address the siltation problem from increased tanker traffic impacting IOB's Bahia Marina.
6/13/23: IOBCWA members, Errol Summerlin and Chon Serna, describe threats from Corpus Christi Bay desalination in Sierra Club Magazine.
6/12/23: Clean Technica: Methanol & Ammonia Tell a Good Shipping Fuel Story, But Stop Before The Tragic Finale.
6/12/23: 'My Life and my home': Young people start to testify at historic US climate trial.
6/12/23: Federal Hydrogen Program is Cutting Out Local Groups, Threatening Climate Goals, Advocates Say
6/12/23: Sunken vessel removed from Corpus Christi Bay
6/10/23: Vessel with 100 gallons of fuel sinks in Corpus Christi Ship Channel at Mile 74 (about a mile from Harbor Bridge).
6/8/23: Harbor Bridge tower crane recommissioned after April fire and concrete bucket freefall that sent spectator to hospital.
5/26/23: IOBCWA and others challenge Flint Hills Federal Operating Permit renewal
5/25/23: Love Sanchez of Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend explains significance of McGloin's Bluff at Enbridge to the Karankawa.
5/18/23: In KIII-TV3 interview, Strawbridge acknowledges "I probably could have done a better job engaging the community."
5/16/23: Sean Strawbridge, Port of Corpus Christi's CEO submits resignation
5/15/23: Digging into expenses of Port of Corpus Christi's CEO
5/4/23: Resting place of victims of 1845 Steamship Dayton explosion off McGloin's Bluff, Old Bayview Cemetery is listed on National Historical Register
4/22/23: 450-ft tower crane used in Harbor Bridge project catches fire and drops large concrete bucket.
4/12/23: Ingleside Index reports that Enbridge has been ordered by City of Ingleside to stop live oak tree cutting
4/5/23: Ingleside Index shares concerns from IOB about recent dolphin deaths.
3/29/23: IOBCWA President Patrick Nye shares upsetting video of second dead juvenile dolphin near Ingleside on the Bay.
3/28/23: IOBCWA joins other Coastal Bend environmental organizations in calling for answers on Flint Hills oil spill in December.
3/11/23: Port of Corpus Christi pursues plans for a solar farm surrounding McCampbell Airport.
2/18/23: At urging of IOBCWA and others, EPA is conducting 'informal investigation' into Texas' water quality enforcement
1/30/23: IOBCWA Treasurer Jennifer Hilliard quoted in Capital & Main story about Chapter 313 tax abatements for Coastal Bend petrochemicals.
1/22/23: Tugboat damaged after being sucked under Saudi VLCC, mauled by its propeller, and grounded near South Texas Gateway (Buckeye).
1/5/23: Spectrum News interviews IOBCWA Treasurer Jennifer Hilliard in story about the Flint Hills oil spill.
1/5/23: Coverage about Flint Hills oil spill continues by Caller Times, KIII-TV3, and Corpus Christi: 14 dead birds, 1 dead sea turtle, and 14,000 gallons so far.
12/27/23: Ingleside Index: Ingleside Public Hearing Next Month Addresses Major Environmental Concern.
IOBCWA President, Patrick Nye quoted
12/27/23: Inside Climate News: 'Major' Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away It
Industrial developers describe facilities as "minor' polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.
11/15/23: Fox4 Beaumont: 5th Circuit Court throws out TCEQ permit for LNG terminal.
11/14/23: The_Byte: Corporations Whimper That They Won't Be Able To Make So Much Money If They Aren't Allowed To Pollute.
2/10/23: Food and Water Watch: How to Shut Down a Dirty Blue Hydrogen Project.
11/9/23: CIEL: Direct Air Capture: Big Oil's Latest Smokescreen.
11/8/23: Houston Chronicle: Chemical plant explosion forces Shepherd residents north of Houston to seek emergency shelter.
11/6/23: DeSmog: The Carbon Capture Sector's Community-Involvement Rhetoric Doesn't Match Reality.
11/6/23: Scientific American: Climate Benefits of Hydrogen Are at Risk as Fossil Fuel Industry Pressures Mount.
11/5/23: Climate News: How Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines Ever Proposed.
10/24/23: Bloomberg News: Carbon Capture Desperately Needs a Reality Check After Lost Decade.
10/19/23: Newsweek: Why the Rockefellers are Spending Their Oil Fortune to End Fossil Fuels.
10/18/23: Inside Climate News: Texas Continues to Issue Thousands of Flaring Permits
10/18/23 Houston Chronicle: What is Texas' hydrogen hub, do the colors matter, and will it fight climate change?
10/13/23: Inside Climate News: Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it's not Strict Enough.
10/13/23: Science Direct: Building adaptive capacity to address coastal flooding: The case of a small Texas City
10/12/23: Earthworks: Statement on US Exporting Record Amounts of Crude Oil.
10/10/23: Kiii News: Enbridge's $3 billion ammonia plant project faces community opposition in Ingleside.
10/4/23: Ingleside index: IOBCWA's Billboard - Stop Ingleside Ammonia Plants made the news!
9/14/23: Heat May: Biden's Risky Bet that Oil Companies Can Lead a New Climate Industry.
9/12/23: Corpus Christi Water Department COO Mike Murphy abruptly resigns.
9/12/23: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis: Blue Hydrogen: Not clean, not low carbon, not a solution.
9/11/23: Miami Herald: PortMiami dredging killed 80 times more coral than expected. More digging coming soon.
8/25/23: Capital & Main: Texas Throw Good Money After Bad With New Tax Breaks for Oil and Gas Industry.
8/24/23: Caller Times: Here's what's being considered for desalination plant sites.
8/22/23: Medical Xpress: Air pollution exposure early in pregnancy increases gestational diabetes risk, study finds.
8/16/23: Houston Chronicle: Billionaire investor Icahn unloaded Cheniere shares under pressure.
8/14/23: Washington Post: Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision. "In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels.Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision."
8/11/23: The U.S. Department of Energy Announces its Intent to Launch a Responsible Carbon Management Initiative.
8/11/23: Reuters: US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs to South Texas DAC Hub in Kleberg County and Project Cypress in Louisiana.
7/30/23: Climate News: The One-Mile Rule: Texas' Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints.
7/26/23 KIIITV3: IOBCWA members among those speaking out at Port Commission meeting regarding new CEO selection process.
7/26/23 KrisTV6: Port of Corpus Christi to interview 5 finalists for new Port CEO
7/26/23 KrisTV6: Former Port of Corpus Christi CEO had Access to Commissioner's Emails.
7/21/23: Kris 6 News: Tar Balls: What are they, and why are they on coastal bend beaches.
7/3/23: CAPE's Errol Summerlin tells Reuters that desalination "would destroy an ecosystem to create an unproven solution to the world's climate crisis".
6/22/23: Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners approve changes to legal and payroll expense practices in wake of Strawbridge resignation.
6/21/23: Port of Corpus Christi states it is unable to address the siltation problem from increased tanker traffic impacting IOB's Bahia Marina.
6/13/23: IOBCWA members, Errol Summerlin and Chon Serna, describe threats from Corpus Christi Bay desalination in Sierra Club Magazine.
6/12/23: Clean Technica: Methanol & Ammonia Tell a Good Shipping Fuel Story, But Stop Before The Tragic Finale.
6/12/23: 'My Life and my home': Young people start to testify at historic US climate trial.
6/12/23: Federal Hydrogen Program is Cutting Out Local Groups, Threatening Climate Goals, Advocates Say
6/12/23: Sunken vessel removed from Corpus Christi Bay
6/10/23: Vessel with 100 gallons of fuel sinks in Corpus Christi Ship Channel at Mile 74 (about a mile from Harbor Bridge).
6/8/23: Harbor Bridge tower crane recommissioned after April fire and concrete bucket freefall that sent spectator to hospital.
5/26/23: IOBCWA and others challenge Flint Hills Federal Operating Permit renewal
5/25/23: Love Sanchez of Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend explains significance of McGloin's Bluff at Enbridge to the Karankawa.
5/18/23: In KIII-TV3 interview, Strawbridge acknowledges "I probably could have done a better job engaging the community."
5/16/23: Sean Strawbridge, Port of Corpus Christi's CEO submits resignation
5/15/23: Digging into expenses of Port of Corpus Christi's CEO
5/4/23: Resting place of victims of 1845 Steamship Dayton explosion off McGloin's Bluff, Old Bayview Cemetery is listed on National Historical Register
4/22/23: 450-ft tower crane used in Harbor Bridge project catches fire and drops large concrete bucket.
4/12/23: Ingleside Index reports that Enbridge has been ordered by City of Ingleside to stop live oak tree cutting
4/5/23: Ingleside Index shares concerns from IOB about recent dolphin deaths.
3/29/23: IOBCWA President Patrick Nye shares upsetting video of second dead juvenile dolphin near Ingleside on the Bay.
3/28/23: IOBCWA joins other Coastal Bend environmental organizations in calling for answers on Flint Hills oil spill in December.
3/11/23: Port of Corpus Christi pursues plans for a solar farm surrounding McCampbell Airport.
2/18/23: At urging of IOBCWA and others, EPA is conducting 'informal investigation' into Texas' water quality enforcement
1/30/23: IOBCWA Treasurer Jennifer Hilliard quoted in Capital & Main story about Chapter 313 tax abatements for Coastal Bend petrochemicals.
1/22/23: Tugboat damaged after being sucked under Saudi VLCC, mauled by its propeller, and grounded near South Texas Gateway (Buckeye).
1/5/23: Spectrum News interviews IOBCWA Treasurer Jennifer Hilliard in story about the Flint Hills oil spill.
1/5/23: Coverage about Flint Hills oil spill continues by Caller Times, KIII-TV3, and Corpus Christi: 14 dead birds, 1 dead sea turtle, and 14,000 gallons so far.