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.
National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced
By Dylan Baddour
‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers
By Dylan Baddour
Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States
By Dylan Baddour
Some Republicans Defend Clean Energy Tax Credits from Trump Administration Cuts
By Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
Supreme Court Takes Up Nuclear Waste in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Texas Wants to Be a Nuclear Power
By Dylan Baddour
Feds Approve Another Deepwater Oil Export Terminal Off Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders
By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz
New Pipeline Will Bring More Permian Gas to Texas Industrial Corridor
By Dylan Baddour
‘Drill Baby Drill’: Texas City Approves New Site for Fracking Near Daycare and Schools
By Dylan Baddour
Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows
By Dylan Baddour
Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge
By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna
A Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on a Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline
By Dylan Baddour
Local Tax Breaks for LNG Plants Don’t Benefit Communities, Report Says
By Dylan Baddour
Uranium Mining Revival Portends Nuclear Renaissance in Texas and Beyond
By Dylan Baddour
Aspiring Applicants Worry EPA Environmental Justice Grant Funding Will Be Rescinded Before It’s Awarded
By Kristoffer Tigue, Dennis Pillion, Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle