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.
Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it’s not Strict Enough.
By Dylan Baddour
Summer of Record Heat Deals Costly Damage to Texas Water Systems
By Dylan Baddour
Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries
By Dylan Baddour
Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead
By Dylan Baddour
The One-Mile Rule: Texas’ Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints
By Dylan Baddour
Developer Confirms Funding For Massive Rio Grande Gas Terminal
By Dylan Baddour
Texas Pipeline Operators Released or Flared Tons of Gas to Avert Explosions During Heatwave
By Dylan Baddour
Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave
By Dylan Baddour
Determined to Forge Ahead With Canal Expansion, Army Corps Unveils Testing Plan for Contaminants in Matagorda Bay in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools
By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski
What Is Produced Water?
By Liza Gross, Dylan Baddour
Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire
By Dylan Baddour
EPA Officials Visit Texas’ Barnett Shale, Ground Zero of the Fracking Boom
By Dylan Baddour
Landowners Fear Injection of Fracking Waste Threatens Aquifers in West Texas
By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, with photos by Pu Ying Huang, Texas Tribune
EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar
By Dylan Baddour
After Explosion, Freeport LNG Rejoins the Gulf Coast Energy Export Boom
By Dylan Baddour, Delger Erdenesanaa