Dominic Anthony Walsh
Dominic Anthony Walsh covers energy, the environment and public health for Texas Public Radio. He focuses on stories that reveal how major changes in climate systems, energy markets and public health policies affect communities in his hometown, San Antonio, and across the state.
Early in his first year as a Report For America corps member, he covered the massive census undercount in the Rio Grande Valley and the impact of COVID-19 on the thinly stretched resources of local governments and hospitals. The reporting was featured in a nationally recognized episode of TPR's Petrie Dish podcast, which he co-produces.
He also co-hosted the Fire Triangle investigative series from TPR and Houston Public Media. The team examined how deregulation, poor planning and a lack of public information contributed to deadly chemical disasters across the state.
His voice and work have been heard on the BBC's Newsbeat, WNYC's The Takeaway, APM's Marketplace Morning Report, NPR's Here & Now and All Things Considered.
Dominic previously worked as an intern and stringer for TPR. He graduated from Trinity University in 2020 with a communication degree.
You can reach Dominic by email, dominic@tpr.org, and find him on Twitter,@_dominicanthony.
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The Public Utility Commission of Texas has implemented a ban on utility cutoffs for consumers who don’t pay their bills. The move does not apply to cooperatives or to municipality-owned utilities like CPS in San Antonio or Austin Energy.
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Public Utility Commission of Texas Announces Investigation Into Power Failures, Will Examine Its OwnThe Public Utility Commission of Texas has opened a wide-ranging formal investigation into the deadly power failure that left millions of Texans in the cold and dark during an unprecedented winter storm.
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After days without power, millions of Texans have had electricity service restored after a crippling deep freeze and forced reductions. Still, hundreds of thousands are without power.
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Misinformation about the electric grid failure is already spreading. One of the most widespread false claims: renewable energy is to blame for the loss of power across the state. Report For America corps member and Texas Public Radio environmental issues reporter Dominic Anthony Walsh spoke with energy and climate consultant Doug Lewin.
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In Texas, millions are without power during a historic Arctic cold snap. That's raising lots of questions about why the energy grid failed so miserably.
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At least 2 million Texans lost power on Monday, during one of the worst winter storms in state history.
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A Texas Public Radio-Houston Public Media investigation has uncovered new details about the aftermath of the 2013 ammonium nitrate explosion in the city of West — one of the largest and deadliest chemical disasters in recent U.S. history. That explosion killed 15 people and led to a sweeping review of chemical safety policy at the federal level, but eight years later, many changes remain incomplete — or have been rolled back.
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The Houston Ship Channel is the petrochemical capital of the country, but in one city, the state's environmental agency only has one air monitor. So, a group of clean-air advocates in east Harris County are taking matters into their own hands.
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In an arrest affidavit for an alleged participant in the Capitol insurrection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation labeled a Texas-based group as an "extremist militia." For many familiar with the group's activities, the label didn't come as a huge surprise.
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The explosion ended up damaging more than 470 homes and businesses, injuring at least 18 people and killing three.
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Prominent Texas Republicans are criticizing the actions of a mob of pro-Trump extremists at the Capitol Building in DC.
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Bigger hospitals in Texas have received shipments of the Pfizer vaccine. Those facilities have the bulk of COVID-19 patients, as many rural hospitals don’t have intensive care units, and generally transfer their critical patients to the larger care centers. But the smaller, “critical access” hospitals are dealing with COVID-19 patients, too.