Dylan Baddour

Texas

Texas Correspondent at Inside Climate News

Covering Texas for @InsideClimate News. Previously reporting from Colombia for WSJ, WaPo, Atlantic, Reuters y más. TX born, likes plants

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National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced

6 days ago | insideclimatenews.org | Dylan Baddour

America’s 34th annual National Parks Week will feature dramatically scaled back staffing and services at national parks and forests following weeks of slashing by the Trump Administration. Friday, the day before parks week begins, was the Trump administration’s deadline for federal employees to voluntarily resign in exchange for paid leave—an offer that was overturned and then reinstated by courts. Last week, a court also reinstated the administration’s order to fire all probationary employees.
National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced

6 days ago | ecotopical.com | Dylan Baddour

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Water scarcity, water security, climate change, Texas

3 weeks ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Dylan Baddour

WATER SECURITY“Water Is the New Oil: As Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifer Pipeline PlansPublished 1 April 2025Fast-growing Georgetown plans to pump 89 million gallons a day from the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer but the project is being fought by Bryan, College Station and Texas A&M University, which depend on the same water.
“Water is the new oil” as Texas cities square off over aquifer pipeline plans

3 weeks ago | tdtnews.com | Dylan Baddour

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Cleaning Fracking's Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States – Deceleration

3 weeks ago | deceleration.news | Dylan Baddour

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As Texas stares down a water shortfall, its leaders are looking at vast volumes of brown, briney oilfield wastewater as a hopeful source of future supply. They don’t have many other options. But extracting clean water from this toxic slurry will require enormous amounts of energy, just as Texas fights to keep up with the rapidly growing power demands of a high-tech industrial buildout.
“Water is the new oil” as Texas cities square off over aquifer pipeline plans

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Dylan Baddour

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“Water is the new oil” as Texas cities square off over aquifer pipeline plans

3 weeks ago | inkl.com | Dylan Baddour

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth pushes past the local limits of its most vital natural resource. On one side: Georgetown, the fastest-growing city in America for three years straight, which in 2023 signed a contract with an investor-funded enterprise to quickly begin importing vast volumes of water from the Simsboro Formation of the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer, 80 miles to the east.
‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers

3 weeks ago | insideclimatenews.org | Dylan Baddour

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource. On one side: Georgetown, the fastest growing city in America for three years straight, which in 2023 signed a contract with an investor-funded enterprise to quickly begin importing vast volumes of water from the Simsboro Formation of the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer, 80 miles to the east.
‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers

3 weeks ago | ecotopical.com | Dylan Baddour

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Treating Texas' oilfield wastewater could take more energy than most states

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Dylan Baddour

As Texas stares down a water shortfall, its leaders are looking at vast volumes of brown, briney oilfield wastewater as a possible source of future supply. They don't have many other options. But extracting clean water from this toxic slurry will require enormous amounts of energy, new demand that comes as Texas already is fighting to keep up with the rapidly growing power demands of a high-tech industrial buildout.