Jeremy B. 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.
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…
The unspoken premise of state and local water planning is to avoid the realization of “Day Zero.” This occurs when the lack of water supplies results in taps running dry. In 2022, the city of Monterrey, just 100 miles south of the Texas border, ran out of water for homes and businesses. That same year,…
The volume of Texas’ energy production continues to surge into record-breaking territory as the state makes outsized contributions to the nation’s overall production. According to U.S. Energy Information Administration data from 2023, Texas accounts for 42% of U.S. oil production, 27% of natural gas production, 22% of wind energy generation, and 17% of solar energy…
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex sits at the top of the Texas Triangle. This geographic distinction matches the region’s economic and demographic achievements where DFW accounts for 28.7% of the state’s economy as nearly 27% of Texans call the area “home.” For greater perspective, more people live in DFW than in 38 other states. Now the…