Dylan Baddour
@dylanbaddour.bsky.social
Covering Texas for Inside Climate
News. Previously reporting from Colombia for WSJ, WaPo, Atlantic, Reuters y más. TX born. Likes plants
News. Previously reporting from Colombia for WSJ, WaPo, Atlantic, Reuters y más. TX born. Likes plants
Good morning from Port Lavaca TX
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good morning from Port Lavaca TX
An old nun from Cuero, Texas, told me the city planned to cut old trees for road widening in the 1960s. She begged her father, a prominent city councilman, to find another way.
That’s why Cuero has trees in the road today
That’s why Cuero has trees in the road today
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
An old nun from Cuero, Texas, told me the city planned to cut old trees for road widening in the 1960s. She begged her father, a prominent city councilman, to find another way.
That’s why Cuero has trees in the road today
That’s why Cuero has trees in the road today
“They think riches are about having so many cars. I think riches are being able to live and enjoy the water.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“They think riches are about having so many cars. I think riches are being able to live and enjoy the water.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
“We’re in an unstoppable loss of that ancestral knowledge... Many of the pueblos are in danger of cultural extinction.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“We’re in an unstoppable loss of that ancestral knowledge... Many of the pueblos are in danger of cultural extinction.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
Amid surging energy demand from wealthy nations, the material needs of technologies meant to replace fossil fuels are fomenting their own wave of environmental threats. insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Amid surging energy demand from wealthy nations, the material needs of technologies meant to replace fossil fuels are fomenting their own wave of environmental threats. insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
Photos by Tom Laffay in our dispatch from the Colombian Amazon today insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Photos by Tom Laffay in our dispatch from the Colombian Amazon today insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...
Indigenous protesters storm into the 30th UN conference on climate change in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Photos by Anderson Coelho for Reuters www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Indigenous protesters storm into the 30th UN conference on climate change in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Photos by Anderson Coelho for Reuters www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
A monarch in the garden this morning
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A monarch in the garden this morning
“We’re right at the edge of a good little uranium mining boom.”
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“We’re right at the edge of a good little uranium mining boom.”
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
I put a red mark on the buildings in this new Austin skyline that existed when I was a kid here
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I put a red mark on the buildings in this new Austin skyline that existed when I was a kid here
Stop the genocide
On 7th Ave. in Bogotá, Colombia
On 7th Ave. in Bogotá, Colombia
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Stop the genocide
On 7th Ave. in Bogotá, Colombia
On 7th Ave. in Bogotá, Colombia
“War” - A mural pictured last week in the Colombian Amazon city of Mocoa
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“War” - A mural pictured last week in the Colombian Amazon city of Mocoa
This horse won’t stop staring in the window
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This horse won’t stop staring in the window
“Do you know why there are so many gas stations here?” asked my taxi driver in the Colombian Amazon
Half the gas goes to vehicles, he said. The rest goes to make cocaine
Coca leaves soak in gasoline to extract cocaine for sale abroad. Coca cultivation drives deforestation & violence in the Amazon
Half the gas goes to vehicles, he said. The rest goes to make cocaine
Coca leaves soak in gasoline to extract cocaine for sale abroad. Coca cultivation drives deforestation & violence in the Amazon
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Do you know why there are so many gas stations here?” asked my taxi driver in the Colombian Amazon
Half the gas goes to vehicles, he said. The rest goes to make cocaine
Coca leaves soak in gasoline to extract cocaine for sale abroad. Coca cultivation drives deforestation & violence in the Amazon
Half the gas goes to vehicles, he said. The rest goes to make cocaine
Coca leaves soak in gasoline to extract cocaine for sale abroad. Coca cultivation drives deforestation & violence in the Amazon
“Water is worth more than copper.”
A sign near the site of a proposed new copper mine at the edge of the Amazon Basin in Mocoa, Colombia
A sign near the site of a proposed new copper mine at the edge of the Amazon Basin in Mocoa, Colombia
October 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Water is worth more than copper.”
A sign near the site of a proposed new copper mine at the edge of the Amazon Basin in Mocoa, Colombia
A sign near the site of a proposed new copper mine at the edge of the Amazon Basin in Mocoa, Colombia
“Asadito de cuy” in Villa Garzón, Colombia, at the Amazonian foot of the great Andean highlands
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“Asadito de cuy” in Villa Garzón, Colombia, at the Amazonian foot of the great Andean highlands
Did you know? This tropical fruit is called a “tree tomato” (“tomate de árbol”). Pictured at the plaza de mercado of Macao.
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Did you know? This tropical fruit is called a “tree tomato” (“tomate de árbol”). Pictured at the plaza de mercado of Macao.
“No mega-mining”
A mural in Mocoa, Colombia, near the site of a large proposed copper mine
A mural in Mocoa, Colombia, near the site of a large proposed copper mine
October 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“No mega-mining”
A mural in Mocoa, Colombia, near the site of a large proposed copper mine
A mural in Mocoa, Colombia, near the site of a large proposed copper mine
“Water is worth more than copper”
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Water is worth more than copper”
“People from the outside don’t understand the importance this has… for them it is just a mountain.”
“For us, the word ‘development’ means destruction and poverty.”
“We are weak to defend our territory but we continue anyway.”
“For us, the word ‘development’ means destruction and poverty.”
“We are weak to defend our territory but we continue anyway.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“People from the outside don’t understand the importance this has… for them it is just a mountain.”
“For us, the word ‘development’ means destruction and poverty.”
“We are weak to defend our territory but we continue anyway.”
“For us, the word ‘development’ means destruction and poverty.”
“We are weak to defend our territory but we continue anyway.”
“They put this word ‘poor’ in us. Whoever smells like mud or sweat is poor. I believed I was poor.”
“They said we must leave inheritance for our children. But real inheritance is knowledge. Of the fruit and the fish and how to care for your body.”
“Humanity is about to fall.”
“They said we must leave inheritance for our children. But real inheritance is knowledge. Of the fruit and the fish and how to care for your body.”
“Humanity is about to fall.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“They put this word ‘poor’ in us. Whoever smells like mud or sweat is poor. I believed I was poor.”
“They said we must leave inheritance for our children. But real inheritance is knowledge. Of the fruit and the fish and how to care for your body.”
“Humanity is about to fall.”
“They said we must leave inheritance for our children. But real inheritance is knowledge. Of the fruit and the fish and how to care for your body.”
“Humanity is about to fall.”
“We have to decide if we want to be an Andino-Amazonian territory or if we want to be a mining territory.”
“The copper will go to sustain the lifestyles of the northern countries, as always, at the expense of wellbeing in the southern countries.”
“The copper will go to sustain the lifestyles of the northern countries, as always, at the expense of wellbeing in the southern countries.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“We have to decide if we want to be an Andino-Amazonian territory or if we want to be a mining territory.”
“The copper will go to sustain the lifestyles of the northern countries, as always, at the expense of wellbeing in the southern countries.”
“The copper will go to sustain the lifestyles of the northern countries, as always, at the expense of wellbeing in the southern countries.”
Who wants this fish
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Who wants this fish
“Don’t shoot your people.”
A shirt on the Indigenous Guard of Putumayo, Colombia
A shirt on the Indigenous Guard of Putumayo, Colombia
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Don’t shoot your people.”
A shirt on the Indigenous Guard of Putumayo, Colombia
A shirt on the Indigenous Guard of Putumayo, Colombia
Hi from Mocoa, Colombia, where I’m reporting on oil drilling and copper mining in the Amazonian highlands
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hi from Mocoa, Colombia, where I’m reporting on oil drilling and copper mining in the Amazonian highlands