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.
If you want a Texan to lean into a conversation, bring up the subject of water. Life with no water, bad water, or unreliable water is an all-consuming, miserable experience. Many Texans have firsthand experience here. And Texas’ peculiar location at the intersection of perpetual drought and biblical floods makes water a topic of existential…
Texas’ water policy took a major step forward this November. By a 77.6% majority, Texas voters approved Proposition 6, creating the Texas Water Fund. This represents the largest expansion of the state’s financial strategy for addressing long-standing water infrastructure challenges in a decade. Looking closely at the voter data, more Texans supported Proposition 6 than…
Texans are familiar with the saying that we know the value of water when the well runs dry. The common convenience of flowing taps may quickly become a dirty, desperate and miserable experience when water ceases to flow. This Thursday, Oct. 19, we are encouraged to “imagine a day without water.” The purpose of this…
Lahaina’s destruction defies comprehension. There, paradise was lost as a rapidly-spreading wildfire, fueled by winds from a nearby hurricane, incinerated western Maui’s municipal hub. Absent warning, the fire spread across the Hawiian town with extraordinary rapidity, annihilating homes, businesses and cultural sites in its path and killing more than 100 people. The horrifying magnitude of…
This Friday, nearly 800 bills passed by the Legislature earlier this year take effect and become law. Several of these new laws closely align with Texas 2036’s goals for the state’s energy and water policies. Here are a few to know about. A path forward for Texas’ hydrogen policy Hydrogen offers the promise and the…
New data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration this week reveals that Texas’ oil and gas production levels reached record highs in May. Fueled by high oil and gas prices throughout 2022, the new production levels beat those records set before the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. Here’s what you need to…