Dylan Baddour
Reporter, Austin
Dylan Baddour covers the energy sector and environmental justice in Texas. Born in Houston, he’s worked the business desk at the Houston Chronicle, covered the U.S.-Mexico border for international outlets and reported for several years from Colombia for media like The Washington Post, BBC News and The Atlantic. He also spent two years investigating armed groups in Latin America for the global security department at Facebook before returning to Texas journalism. Baddour holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has lived in Argentina, Kazakhstan and Colombia and speaks fluent Spanish.
Water Shortage May Hit Corpus Christi Within Weeks
By Dylan Baddour
After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe
By Dylan Baddour
Tiny Texas School District Rejects Tax Deal with $6 Billion LNG Project
By Dylan Baddour
Dow Asks Texas to Legalize Plastic Pollution From Its Seadrift Complex
By Dylan Baddour
Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex
By Dylan Baddour
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain
By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous
Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain
ICN Sunday Morning
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather
By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous
Developer Calls GW Ranch in Pecos County, Texas, the ‘Largest Power Project’ in U.S.
By Dylan Baddour
Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence
By Dylan Baddour
Economic Interests Drive Chinese Climate Leadership Amid U.S. Retreat
By Dylan Baddour
Indigenous Groups Fight to Save Rediscovered Settlement Site on an Industrial Waterfront in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
The World’s Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space
By Dylan Baddour
Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds
By Dylan Baddour
Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon
Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay