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.
A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas From Federal Push for Mining Revival
By Dylan Baddour
Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant
By Dylan Baddour
Government Shutdown Threatens Further Destruction of Environment and Science Agencies, Advocates Warn
By Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
New Map Shows $29 Billion in Climate and Environment Grants Canceled or Frozen by Trump
By Dylan Baddour
Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble
By Dylan Baddour
Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise
By Dylan Baddour
Startups Make Products From the Carbon in Fossil Fuels
By Dylan Baddour
Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About a Weakened National Disaster Response
By Dylan Baddour
Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas
By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin
Veteran Environmentalist Sues Rural School Board Over Exxon Tax Break Decision
By Dylan Baddour
Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says
By Dylan Baddour
Plans Advance for Huge New Exxon Plastics Plant in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams
By Dylan Baddour
National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced
By Dylan Baddour