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.
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
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