Jeremy Mazur

Jeremy Mazur

Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy

Jeremy directs Texas 2036's work in the area of infrastructure and natural resources, which includes water, energy, and infrastructure resilience. Before joining Texas 2036 in 2021, he worked for over two decades in the Texas Legislature and in state agencies on water and energy matters.

Posts

Texas 2036 Comments on Texas Water Development Board Sunset Report

April 19, 2022
Since the passage of House Bill 4 in 2013, TWDB has made significant strides towards financing critical water supply projects identified within the State Water Plan and engaging in needed outreach efforts with communities and water providers across Texas.  Both the agency and the Board deserve commendation for these and other efforts. Texas 2036 offers...

The March Madness of Texas Weather

March 25, 2022
Over the past week, Texas has endured two significant extreme weather events.  On Monday, March 21st, severe thunderstorms and tornado clusters tore across the Austin and Dallas areas, damaging homes and businesses.  Days earlier, in drought-stricken west and south Texas, over 100 wildfires erupted, threatening homes and agricultural communities.  On a day when some Texans...

What Skyrocketing Oil Prices Mean for Texas

March 11, 2022
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and international efforts to stop Russian oil and gas exports, Texas’ oil and gas production capabilities are in the national and international spotlight.  The position Texas finds itself in now is radically different from two years ago. In spring 2020, Texas’ energy sector was in chaos.  The...

Widespread Concern About Texas’ Water Resources, Extreme Weather Trends

February 23, 2022
Earlier this month, Texas 2036 released the results from our fourth Texas Voter Poll.  This poll included three questions relating to extreme weather and state water policy.  The poll results indicate significant voter concerns with extreme weather trends and Texas’ capacity to address the challenges caused by drought. In September 2021, Texas 2036 and the...

Comments on State and Regional Water Planning

January 20, 2022
Texas 2036 submitted the following comments on the Texas Water Development Board’s proposed amendments to 31 Texas Administrative Code chapters 357 and 358 relating to regional and state water planning respectively. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Texas Water Development Board’s (TWDB) proposed amendments to 31 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) chapters 357...

Texas Flood Risks, Destruction Projected to Increase

December 6, 2021
The famous line goes that Texas is the land of perpetual drought, soaked by occasional devastating floods.  In 2021, for better or worse, floods visited Texas more than drought.  The west Texas town of El Paso endured several flood events this summer.  In early July, an unnamed weather system soaked coastal communities between Corpus Christi...
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