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.
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
Trump Names More Priority Minerals for U.S. Mining Revival
By Dylan Baddour
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry
By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow
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