2020 News Archive
12/23/20: Corpus Christi Caller Times article concerning offshore export terminal features quote from IOBCWA Executive Director.
12/23/20: FracTracker publishes "Channels of Life: The Gulf Coast Buildout in Texas", a 12-minute video flyover of La Quinta Channel.
12/9/20: Coastal Alliance to Protect our Environment (CAPE) launches 30-second anti-desalination video.
12/7/20: About 20 people comment at public hearing on Steel Dynamics plans to discharge waste into Chiltipin Creek that feeds Copano Bay.
12/5/20: Fire at Magellan Midstream in Corpus Christi sends seven people to the hospital with serious injuries.
12/1/20: Public hearing on MODA's permit expansion request unites opposition by Indigenous People of the Coastal Bend, IOBCWA, & others.
11/30/20: TCEQ's Office of Public Interest Counsel (OPIC) recommends denial of Port of Corpus Christi's desal plant permit on Harbor Island.
11/20/20: "Project Falcon" (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) puts plans on hold for building plastics plant near San Patricio County airport.
11/16/20: TAMUCC's Harte Research Institute posts statement on desalination that offshore is best.
11/15/20: IOB Mayor Jo Ehmann joins 9 other Coastal Bend mayors in letter opposing proposed Port of Corpus Christi legislation.
10/8-10/14/20: IOB residents weigh in during City of Corpus Christi's four town halls promoting the La Quinta Channel desalination plant.
10/7/20: IOBCWA executive director gets questions partially addressed at desalination forum hosted by KEDT.
10/3/20: CAPE launches billboard campaign throughout Nueces County, including anti-desal billboard designed by IOBCWA's own Emily Nye.
9/3/20: Region N 2021 Water Plan approved to include 3 desal plants on La Quinta Channel as "recommended water management strategies".
9/1/20: Ingleside on the Bay City Council passes resolution regarding desalination plants on La Quinta Channel.
9/1/20: Unmanned Magellan E&P natural gas platform begins to leak two miles offshore from Corpus Christi's Bob Hall pier.
8/25/20: Strengthening Hurricane Laura threatens oil, natural gas, and LNG in the Gulf and causes 4-foot storm surge in IOB.
8/21/20: Pipeline explosion in Corpus Christi kills four. Several others airlifted to San Antonio.
8/20/20: Dead Gulf menhaden in Ingleside on the Bay reported to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; appears to be due to algae bloom.
8/4/20: IOB opposition to La Quinta desal plant, based on IOB City Council presentation, is mentioned in News of San Patricio County article.
8/4/20: Port of Corpus Christi Long Range Planning (LRP) Committee considers Bayshore Drive ship wake solutions.
8/1/20: IOBCWA submits comments against desal plants included in Region N 2021 Water Plan.
7/25/20: Hurricane Hanna makes landfall as a Category 1, causing nearly 4 foot storm surge flooding IOB.
7/21/20: IOBCWA Executive Director Kathryn Masten speaks at Ingleside on the Bay City Council meeting on La Quinta desalination plants.
7/3/20: IOBCWA submits comments on Environmental Impact Statement scoping for US Army Corps Channel Deepening Project.
6/16/20: IOBCWA President Patrick Nye speaks at Ingleside on the Bay City Council meeting.
4/21/20: City of Corpus Christi approves $222 million TWDB loan application for funding desalination plants on Corpus Christi Bay.
4/9/20: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes plans for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of Corpus Christi Channel Deepening project.
3/26/20: Buckeye Partners submits 10-year maintenance dredging plan, with 15-day comment period, ending 4/10/20.
3/16/20: San Patricio County Judge declares disaster due to COVID-19.
3/6/20: Nearly 40 people attend talk on Desalination by Del Mar geology professor and IOB resident, Vernon Kramer.
2/28/20: Nearly 40 people attend "Community Visioning" workshop facilitated by architecture/engineering faculty and students from the University of Texas at Arlington's FUELED (FUture Environments Lab for Ecological Design) program. Here is a video of their field trip of IOB, in which they got to see "Landscapes of Oil + Water" up close.
2/25/20: At IOBCWA urging, State Senator Zaffirini and Representative Lozano submit joint letter requesting TCEQ hold a public meeting for La Quinta desalination permit.
2/16/20: This News of San Patricio article summarizes Jan. 29th presentation on IOBCWA's Sea Level Rise Mitigation Feasibility Study.
2/7/20: Unmanned workboat sinks in La Quinta Channel.
1/29/20: About 100 people attend public presentation by Mott MacDonald about "Ingleside on the Bay Relative Sea level Rise Impacts and Adaptation".
1/28/20: The Jan. 29th public meeting at the Brass Turtle to share sea level rise mitigation study results is featured in a news story on KRIS-TV Channel 6.
1/20/20: As a result of Mott MacDonald study, the Port of Corpus Christi agrees to help protect homes on IOB's Bayshore Drive from ship wake damage.
1/8/20: IOBCWA Secretary Kathryn Masten and IOB City Councilman Randy Cain are interviewed for KIII Channel 3 News story.
1/2/20: IOBCWA President Patrick Nye featured on front page of Jan. 2nd edition of The News of San Patricio County.
12/23/20: FracTracker publishes "Channels of Life: The Gulf Coast Buildout in Texas", a 12-minute video flyover of La Quinta Channel.
12/9/20: Coastal Alliance to Protect our Environment (CAPE) launches 30-second anti-desalination video.
12/7/20: About 20 people comment at public hearing on Steel Dynamics plans to discharge waste into Chiltipin Creek that feeds Copano Bay.
12/5/20: Fire at Magellan Midstream in Corpus Christi sends seven people to the hospital with serious injuries.
12/1/20: Public hearing on MODA's permit expansion request unites opposition by Indigenous People of the Coastal Bend, IOBCWA, & others.
11/30/20: TCEQ's Office of Public Interest Counsel (OPIC) recommends denial of Port of Corpus Christi's desal plant permit on Harbor Island.
11/20/20: "Project Falcon" (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) puts plans on hold for building plastics plant near San Patricio County airport.
11/16/20: TAMUCC's Harte Research Institute posts statement on desalination that offshore is best.
11/15/20: IOB Mayor Jo Ehmann joins 9 other Coastal Bend mayors in letter opposing proposed Port of Corpus Christi legislation.
10/8-10/14/20: IOB residents weigh in during City of Corpus Christi's four town halls promoting the La Quinta Channel desalination plant.
10/7/20: IOBCWA executive director gets questions partially addressed at desalination forum hosted by KEDT.
10/3/20: CAPE launches billboard campaign throughout Nueces County, including anti-desal billboard designed by IOBCWA's own Emily Nye.
9/3/20: Region N 2021 Water Plan approved to include 3 desal plants on La Quinta Channel as "recommended water management strategies".
9/1/20: Ingleside on the Bay City Council passes resolution regarding desalination plants on La Quinta Channel.
9/1/20: Unmanned Magellan E&P natural gas platform begins to leak two miles offshore from Corpus Christi's Bob Hall pier.
8/25/20: Strengthening Hurricane Laura threatens oil, natural gas, and LNG in the Gulf and causes 4-foot storm surge in IOB.
8/21/20: Pipeline explosion in Corpus Christi kills four. Several others airlifted to San Antonio.
8/20/20: Dead Gulf menhaden in Ingleside on the Bay reported to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; appears to be due to algae bloom.
8/4/20: IOB opposition to La Quinta desal plant, based on IOB City Council presentation, is mentioned in News of San Patricio County article.
8/4/20: Port of Corpus Christi Long Range Planning (LRP) Committee considers Bayshore Drive ship wake solutions.
8/1/20: IOBCWA submits comments against desal plants included in Region N 2021 Water Plan.
7/25/20: Hurricane Hanna makes landfall as a Category 1, causing nearly 4 foot storm surge flooding IOB.
7/21/20: IOBCWA Executive Director Kathryn Masten speaks at Ingleside on the Bay City Council meeting on La Quinta desalination plants.
7/3/20: IOBCWA submits comments on Environmental Impact Statement scoping for US Army Corps Channel Deepening Project.
6/16/20: IOBCWA President Patrick Nye speaks at Ingleside on the Bay City Council meeting.
4/21/20: City of Corpus Christi approves $222 million TWDB loan application for funding desalination plants on Corpus Christi Bay.
4/9/20: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes plans for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of Corpus Christi Channel Deepening project.
3/26/20: Buckeye Partners submits 10-year maintenance dredging plan, with 15-day comment period, ending 4/10/20.
3/16/20: San Patricio County Judge declares disaster due to COVID-19.
3/6/20: Nearly 40 people attend talk on Desalination by Del Mar geology professor and IOB resident, Vernon Kramer.
2/28/20: Nearly 40 people attend "Community Visioning" workshop facilitated by architecture/engineering faculty and students from the University of Texas at Arlington's FUELED (FUture Environments Lab for Ecological Design) program. Here is a video of their field trip of IOB, in which they got to see "Landscapes of Oil + Water" up close.
2/25/20: At IOBCWA urging, State Senator Zaffirini and Representative Lozano submit joint letter requesting TCEQ hold a public meeting for La Quinta desalination permit.
2/16/20: This News of San Patricio article summarizes Jan. 29th presentation on IOBCWA's Sea Level Rise Mitigation Feasibility Study.
2/7/20: Unmanned workboat sinks in La Quinta Channel.
1/29/20: About 100 people attend public presentation by Mott MacDonald about "Ingleside on the Bay Relative Sea level Rise Impacts and Adaptation".
1/28/20: The Jan. 29th public meeting at the Brass Turtle to share sea level rise mitigation study results is featured in a news story on KRIS-TV Channel 6.
1/20/20: As a result of Mott MacDonald study, the Port of Corpus Christi agrees to help protect homes on IOB's Bayshore Drive from ship wake damage.
1/8/20: IOBCWA Secretary Kathryn Masten and IOB City Councilman Randy Cain are interviewed for KIII Channel 3 News story.
1/2/20: IOBCWA President Patrick Nye featured on front page of Jan. 2nd edition of The News of San Patricio County.