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.
Less than seven minutes into his State of the State address, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that water infrastructure funding would be a policy priority and an emergency item for the 2025 legislative session, giving legislators the green light to begin work on this topic immediately. The timing of Gov. Abbott’s declaration couldn’t be better. This…
This is the first of a three-part series on water infrastructure policy for the 89th Legislature. Water infrastructure funding ranks among the key issues on the Legislature’s policy agenda for 2025. State leaders including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and even the new Speaker of the House, have indicated a need for water infrastructure investment. To…
The following testimony by Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy Jeremy Mazur was given Sept. 24, 2024, to the House Natural Resources Committee on implementation of Senate Bill 28. Chairman, members of the committee, for the record, my name is Jeremy Mazur, and I am the Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy for…
After the havoc wrought by Hurricane Beryl this summer, the devastating wildfires in the Texas Panhandle earlier this year or the tornados, flash floods and hailstorms that raked the Metroplex this spring, extreme weather is, once again, setting next year’s legislative agenda. State lawmakers will have a choice: they can either adopt policies reactive to…